Abstract
Background: Candidiasis is one of the most common opportunistic
infections caused by Candida albicans. Fluconazole is the drug of
choice for prevention and management of this condition. However,
the emergence of fluconazole resistant candidal strains has become
a major concern. Many herbs like fenugreek, cinnamon, papaya,
oregano, garlic are rich in phytochemical constituents known to
express antimycotic activity. With the available information, the
present research study was carried out to assess the invitro antimycotic activity of hydro alcoholic extracts of Trigonella foenumgraecum seeds, Cinnamomum verum bark and Carica papaya
leaves and seeds against fluconazole resistant Candida albicans
Materials and Methods: Hydro alcoholic extracts of Trigonella
foenum-graecum (seeds), Cinnamomum verum (bark), Carica papaya
CO.2 strain (male and female leaves) and Carica papaya CO.2 strain
(seeds) were prepared by maceration. The anti-mycotic activity of
the prepared extracts against Candida albicans was assessed by
agar well diffusion method. Three independent experiments were
performed in triplicates and the mean and standard deviation were
calculated. Minimum inhibitory concentration was determined.
Results: The results of the present study revealed that all the
extracts exhibited anti-mycotic activity in a dose dependent
manner and minimum inhibitory concentration of all the extracts
was found to be 15.62 µg/ml.
Conclusion: The results of the present study shed light on the fact
that plant extracts could be used not only as an alternate drug for
management of fluconazole resistant candidiasis but also explored
further for oral cancer prevention as a therapeutic adjunct.
Citation
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134117
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varadarajan2015journalinvitro