Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Nine Members of Family Euphorbiaceae of Lahore Region against Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus oryzae & Alternaria solani | Biomedgrid

Present research was undertaken to analyze the antifungal potential of nine members of family Euphorbiaceae of Lahore region against three pathogenic fungi i.e. Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus oryzae & Alternaria solani. Methanolic Leaf extracts were used for assessing the phytopathogenic activities of all the nine members of Family Euphorbiaceae via well diffusion method. All the plant extracts have showed significant results against two pathogenic fungi at all the four dose ranges (32.12μg/ml, 62.5μg/ml, 125μg/ml, 250μg/ml) used in the experiment while no results were observed against Alternaria solani. Maximum results were observed at 250 μg/ml, zone of inhibition was found in the following order Euphorbia helioscopia> Ricinus communis> Phyllanthus emblica> Croton tiglium> Putranjiva roxburghii> Euphorbia hirta> Jatropha integerrima > Euphorbia prostrata against Aspergillus niger. Among all the plants used only three species of Euphorbia i.e. E. prostrata, E. splendens and E. hirta have showed remarkable results against R. oryza. Hence conclude all the plant extracts have showed dose dependent activity which means maximum activity was observed at the concentration of 250μg/ml at this concentration E. helioscopia possessed excellent activity against Aspergillus niger while maximum activity against Rhizopus oryzae at 250 μg/ml was observed by E. prostrata. Neither of the plants showed any response against Alternaria solani. This research leads to the discovery of plant extracts which could be a potential source in the treatment of multiple disorders associated with fungal strains such as Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus oryzae