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Article Name : | | IN VITRO SUSCEPTIBILITY CLINICAL ISOLATES AND STRANDED STRAIN TO LYOPHILIZED HERBAL EXTRACTS (AQUEOUS AND ETHANOLIC) OF PONGAMIA PINNATA, TERMINALIA CHEBULA AND AZARDIRACHTA INDICA IN COMPARISON WITH FLUCONAZOLE AND ITRACONAZOLE. | Author Name : | | C. Natarajan , N. Arunagirinathan and S. Rajarajan | Publisher : | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | Article Series No. : | | GRT-5971 | Article URL : | | | Author Profile View PDF In browser | Abstract : | | Herbs are considered as nature’s gift to mankind. All major civilization of the old world has given as rich reference of herbs and other forms of naturally occurring substance and “anti-infectious” regardless of the agents associated with it. And the process of searching “new drugs” is still on progress. WHO (1973) has emphasized the need to scientifically evaluate the therapeutic value of medicinal plants. The practice of Ayurvedha, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy dated back since ancient times which utilize a large number of plants for the treatment of human diseases. The present study was conducted to evaluate the In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Against Seitz Filtered Lyophilized Herbal Extracts (Pongamia Pinnata, Terminalia Chebula And Azardirachta indica) In Comparison With Two Standard Antifungal Agents Namely Fluconazole And Itraconazole. The cytotoxic free concentration of plant extract showed minimal inhibitory concentration. | Keywords : | | |
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