Antifungal potential of Parthenium hysterophorus and Catharanthus roseus against Aspergillus sp., Candida sp. and Penicillium sp. of aquarium fish

Authors

  • Vishad V. Waghmare  Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Prof. Ramkrishna More, Arts, commerce and science college, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Dr. Abhay. J. Khandagle  Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Prof. Ramkrishna More, Arts, commerce and science college, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Parthenium hysterophorus, Catharanthus roseus, Antifungal activity,Candida sp, Penicillium sp, Aspergillus sp.

Abstract

Different type of fungi affects the health of plants and living organisms. Sometimes even in aquarium, fishes get infected with fungal infection due to aquarium conditions or other factors. In severe conditions these infections may be fatal for the fishes. So to prevent such infections fishes get treated with conventional chemicals available in market. We have an excellent substitute to avoid this use of conventional chemicals in aquariums through plants. Number of bioactive molecules, making them an affluent source of variants of medicines. In this study, in-vitro antifungal activity of crude leaves extract of medicinal plants Parthenium hysterophorus and Catharanthus roseuswas evaluated against Candida sp, Penicillium sp, Aspergillus sp which isolated from infected aquarium fish. The solvents used are Ethanol, Methanol, acetone and Chloroform. “The disc diffusion method used to assay the antifungal activity.” The Antifungal activity exhibited by cold ethanol extracts and chloroform extracts (leaves) has shown prominent results, also these extracts can be utilized as an option for the antifungal conventional chemicals available in market. These extracts are also ecofriendly, which can help in maintaining good aquarium conditions.

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2018-01-20

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Vishad V. Waghmare, Dr. Abhay. J. Khandagle, " Antifungal potential of Parthenium hysterophorus and Catharanthus roseus against Aspergillus sp., Candida sp. and Penicillium sp. of aquarium fish, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.91-97, January-February-2018.