Promising Antifungal Effect of Some Folkloric Medicinal Plants Collected from El- Hammam Habitat, Egypt Against Dangerous Pathogenic and Toxinogenic Fungi

VOL. 6, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 2011

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PROMISING ANTIFUNGAL EFFECT OF SOME FOLKLORIC MEDICINAL PLANTS COLLECTED FROM EL- HAMMAM HABITAT, EGYPT AGAINST DANGEROUS PATHOGENIC AND TOXINOGENIC FUNGI
Department of Bioprocess Development, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Applied Technology, Research Zone, Borg Al-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt 2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharram Bey, Alexandria, Egypt 3 Department of Protein Research, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Applied Technology, Research Zone, Borg Al-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt E-Mail: [e-mail]
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Sawsan Abd-Ellatif1, Salwa M. Abdel Rahman2 and Sahar F. Deraz3

ABSTRACT Increasing evidence of fungicide-resistant toxinogenic and pathogenic fungal species is obvious. Looking for new possibilities of antifungal treatment or sources of antifungal substances is a major problem. Some medicinal plants exert strong antifungal properties and could be conveniently used as a promising alternative source for presently problematic antifungal treatment in many areas with respect to their natural origin. In this study, antifungal activities of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Aizoaceae); Blackiella aellen, Arthrocnemon glaucum and Atriplex halimus (Chenopodiaceae), Thymelaea hirsute (Thymelaeaceae), Carduus g e t u l u s , A t r a c t y l i s carduus a n d E c h i n o p s spinosissimus (Compositae), Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae), Alhagi maurorum (Fabaceae) species were investigated. The fungal effects of these plants were tested by agar tube dilution method using Fusarium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus, Alternaria alternate, Rhizoctnia solani, Pythium ultimum, Bipolaris oryzae, Rhizopus,

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