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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 37
| Issue : 6 | Page : 386-389 |
Anticandidal activity of Azadirachta indica
AC Charmaine Lloyd, T Menon, K Umamaheshwari
Department of Microbiology,Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences,University of Madras,Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
Correspondence Address:
T Menon
Department of Microbiology,Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences,University of Madras,Taramani, Chennai-600 113
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.19076
OBJECTIVE: To study the antifungal activity of 10 different extracts of seed kernels of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae) on Candida sps. isolated from immunocompromised patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The extractants used were hexane, methanol, chloroform, water, petroleum ether, dichloromethane, acetone and absolute alcohol. The products of a successive extraction procedure involving hexane, chloroform and methanol were also tested for anticandidal activity. The minimum inhibitory concentration was tested by broth dilution method at concentrations ranging from 1 to 0.0625 mg/ml.
RESULTS: The ethanol extract of commercial neem seed oil, ethanol extract of neem seed kernels and the hexane extract showed best results. All strains were resistant to methanol: chloroform: water extracts and chloroform extracts of the successive extraction procedure.
CONCLUSION: The hexane and alcoholic extracts of neem seed seem to be promising anticandidal agents.
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