ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS OF TERMINALIA CATAPPA LEAVES AND BARK
Abstract
Abstract
Medicinal plants are an important source of new drugs adapted for financial resources and the socio-cultural majority populations and especially since, they have fewer side effects. Tropical almond (Terminalia catappa) is a large, spreading tree now distributed throughout the tropics in coastal environments. The aim of this project is to determine the antifungal properties of ethanolic extracts of Terminalia catappa leaves and Bark. Dermatophytic fungi was isolated from scalp of infected pupils, (almajiri) on Kaura Namoda, using sterile swab sticks and normal saline. The extracts was screened for antifungal susceptibility assay using the modified Kirby Bauer's disc diffusion technique. The result showed that Trichophyton tonsurans had the highest frequency (66%), while Trichophyton verucosum had the least 17(34%). Ethanolic extracts of the leaves of T. catappa have potential antifungal effects against dematophytic fungi isolated causing tinea capitis, indicated by the mean zone of inhibition zone formed around the extract. The mean zone of inhibition diameter increased with increasing concentrations of T. catappa extract. Trichophyton tonsurans and Trichophyton verucosum exhibited more resistance to high concentrations of ethanol root extracts of the T. catappa
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