PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF STEM OF TAMILNADIA ULIGINOSA

A. Zechariah Jebakumar
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hassan S. Nondo
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Siju K. George
Dept. of Research and Scientific studies, Prince Sultan Military college of Health Sciences, Dhahran-31932, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
G.Manoj
Dept of Pharmacology, C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 600096, India

Antidiarrhoeal activity ,Randia uliginosa ,Traditional medicine ,Castor oil induced diarrhoea ,Enteropooling method ,

Tamilnadia uliginosa is a potent medicinal plant in the Indian systems of medicine. Traditionally it is used as the treatment of various diseases and disorder of human. In the present study the aqueous, ethanolic, chloroform and petroleum ether extract of the Tamilnadia uliginosa were studied for their antifungal activity against Candila albicans. It was observed that the ethanolic extract and petroleum ether extract showed significant activity whereas aqueous extract showed very less activity and chloroform extract did not showed any activity against the tested fungal strain.

4 , 3 , 2014