Calotropis procera is used
in traditional medicine; it has a variety of therapeutic properties such as:
analgesic, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and anti-cancer
effects. Rani et al., evaluated the endophytic fungi isolated from differenttissues of Calotropis procera for antibacterial properties.
 |
| Calotropis procera |
The authors found that of
the total 20 endophytic fungal strains isolated, 7 exhibited antibacterial
activity; these endophytic fungi belonged to the genus Aspergillus and Fusarium.
The maximum zone of inhibition was exhibited by extracts of Aspergillus nomius,
Aspergillus oryzae, Curvularia hawaiiensis, and Fusarium solani. Endophytes are the organisms which are in an
imperceptible relationship with the plant in which they reside for their whole
lifetime or a part of their life. These include fungi, bacteria and some algae.
They colonize all the plants evaluated till now and isolated from almost all
the plant parts like leaves, roots, stems, flowers, barks and even from dry seeds. Read more>>>>>>
No comments:
Post a Comment