Screening of some plants for antimycotic effects

Abstract

The efficacy of some plant extracts in controlling some pathogenic fungi namely: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium solani, Curvularia pallescences and Rhizopus stolonifer was carried out.  Crude extracts from five locally occurring plants: Ocinum gratissimum (OG: Efinrin), Vernonia amygdaklina (VA: Ewuro, Bitter leaf), Azadirachta indica (AI: Dongoyaro), Allium sativum (AS: Aayu, garlic) and Anacardium occidentale (AO: Cashew leaf) were prepared in the laboratory using cold water, hot water and ethanol extraction methods.  These extracts were assayed for their antinycotic activities.  Observations showed that not all the plants have antifungal effects to these tested organisms