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Provedor de dados: 	52	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Antifungal Potential of Indigenous Medicinal Plants against Myrothecium Leaf Spot of Bitter Gourd ( Momordica charantia L.)	
Autores: 	Abid,Muhammad; Chohan,Sobia; Mehmood,Mirza Abid; Naz,Safina; Naqvi,Syed Atif Hasan.	
Data: 	2017-01-01	
Ano: 	2017	
Palavras-chave: 	Momordica charantia L.; Secondary compounds; Solvent plant extracts.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT  Bitter gourd is of great importance due to its usage against the treatment of numerous ailments in human beings. A comprehensive survey at four localities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan was carried out to determine the severity of Myrothecium leaf spot. Maximum disease severity was at C1 (Chak 11/NP) and least at C2 (Kot Mehtab). Among isolated species Myrothecium roridum was found more prevalent and pathogenic as compared to M. verrucaria. Antifungal activity using solvent extracts of five medicinal plants (Mangifera indica, Melia azedarach, Nicotiana tabacum, Moringa oleifera and Eucalyptus globosum) were evaluated against isolated species by agar well diffusion method at various concentrations (0.01, 0.10, 1.0 and 10.0 µg / mL). N. tabacum revealed maximum zone size (13.40 mm and 8.28 mm) with ethanol and chloroform solvents respectively followed by M. azedarach (9.00mm and 6.48mm). However, least inhibition was observed with ethanol and chloroform extracts of E. globosum (6.04mm and 3.88mm zone size respectively). Ethanol extracts showed highest activity when compared to chloroform extracts. Qualitative phytochemical analysis showed that all the selected plants are rich in chemical compounds such as alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids and phenols whereas Saponins was only present in N. tabacum while absent in rest of the extracts.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132017000100421	
Editor: 	Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar	
Relação: 	10.1590/1678-4324-2017160395	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology  v.60 2017	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess