In-Vitro Antifungal Activity of Different Fraction of Juniperus Communis Leaves and Bark Against Aspergillus Niger and Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus Flavus

Abstract

The increasing resistance to antifungal compounds and the reduced number of available drugs led us to search therapeutic alternatives among aromatic plan ts and their essential oils, empirically used by an tifungal properties. In present study different concentratio n of methanol, ethanol, chloroform, petroleum ether extracts of Juniper communis leaves extracts as well as bark extracts were stud ied against A.niger and aflatoxigenic A.flavus. It was found that among all leaf extracts,methano lic extract have maximum percentage growth inhibition (57.8%) against A.flavus ,while ethanolic extract showed maximum percentage growth inhibition (56%) against A.niger .In case of bark extract,ethanolic extract have max imum percentage growth inhibition(48%) against A.flavus ,while methanolic extract showed maximum percentage growth inhibition against A.niger (40%).