Anti fungal efficacy of cassia fistula used in Indian herbal medicine
A Srinivas, T Shankar and P Balaraju
The present study was undertaken to study the anti fungal activity of Cassia fistula. All the cultures are human pathogenic and were procured from Primer Biotech Research Centre, Hyderabad. The micro organisms selected for the present study are Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger. The present study indicated the anti fungal activity of methanol leaf extracts of the Cassia fistula. The present study confirms the extracts of selected medicinal plants can be employed as anti fungal agents in formulation of the novel drugs. Further it necessitates the pharmacological evaluation.