Antifungal activity of essential oils from selected plant species

• Main Author: Tan, Nelisa Navarro
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Essences and essential oils; Antifungal agents; Medicinal plants; Ginger; Microbial sensitivity tests
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1472
• Institution: De La Salle University

Seven (7) plant species were screened for the presence of essentials oils using the hydrodistillation method. The essential oils that were extracted were tested for antifungal activity using the Kirby-Bauer Disc Diffusion method. Aspergillus niger and Fusarium moniliforme were the fungal species used. Results showed that for every 100-gram sample of Blumea balsamifera, Chrysanthemum indicum, Momordica charantia and Zingiber officinale yielded 0.43, 0.38, 0.01 and 0.07 ml of essential oils. However, only the essential oil extracted form the rhizomes of Zingiber officinale (ginger) exhibited fungitoxic activity against the two fungal species. The mean diameters of the zones of inhibition produced by the essential oil of ginger on plates inoculated with A. niger and F. moniliforme were 15mm and 14.67 mm, respectively.