<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumara Shanthamma Kavitha</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sreedharamurthy Satish</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioprospecting of some medicinal plants explored for antifungal activity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09/2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">59-65</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;In the present study, evaluation of different plant parts of fifteen medicinal plants belongs to different families have been screened for &lt;em&gt;in vitro&lt;/em&gt; efficacy of antifungal activity against phyto pathogenic (&lt;em&gt;Aspergillus&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Fusarium&lt;/em&gt; species) as well as human pathogenic fungi (&lt;em&gt;Candida albicans&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Microsporum&lt;/em&gt; species) using agar well diffusion assay. The results showed that among fifteen medicinal plants, crude extracts of different solvents viz., petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol tested for antifungal activity, twelve plants were found to be effective against one or the other test fungi, among these plants, solvent extracts of &lt;em&gt;Callistemon lanceolatus&lt;/em&gt; showed significant activity against &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;albicans&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Microsporum gypseum&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Cordia dichrotoma&lt;/em&gt; leaves extracts exhibited significant activity against &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;niger&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;flavus&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;albicans&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Sphaeranthus indicus&lt;/em&gt; L. whole plant extracts exhibited significant activity against &lt;em&gt;Aspergillus&lt;/em&gt; spp.,&lt;em&gt; C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;albicans&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Microsporum&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;canis&lt;/em&gt;. Leaves extracts of &lt;em&gt;Vitex negundo&lt;/em&gt; exhibited significant activity against &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;niger&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;flavus&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;verticillioides&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;albicans&lt;/em&gt; and moderate activity against &lt;em&gt;F&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;crookwellense&lt;/em&gt;. Extracts of &lt;em&gt;Butea monosperma&lt;/em&gt; exhibited significant to moderate activity against all test pathogens except &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;albicans&lt;/em&gt;. The obtained results imparts a preliminary piece of significant information regarding the antifungal potentiality of screened medicinal plants and thus our present investigation depicted an outline interpretation of significant activity with crude solvent extracts, which could be exploit for further isolation and investigation of antifungal agents for crop diseases management and human health.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keywords:&lt;/strong&gt; Nill&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">59</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kumara Shanthamma Kavitha and Sreedharamurthy Satish*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Herbal Drug Technological Laboratory, Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Karnataka, India.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>