eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-03-25 3 1 187 190 1371 article Antifungal Activity of Vitex Agnus Castus-In Vitro Study G. Mohandass 1 K. Suguna Devi 2 Amalorpavaraj 3 Sathyabama University, Chennai, India. Prince Dr K. Vasudevan College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai India. St. Joseph’s College Autonomous, Trichy, Tamil Nadu India.

In the present study agnuside was isolated from Vitex agnus castus by bio-assay guided fractionation and subjected to antifungal assay. Agnuside showed potent activity against tested fungi namely E. floccosum (31.25 µg/ml), T. simii (62.5 µg/ml), C. lunata (250 µg/ml), T. rubrum (62.5µg/ml), C. albicans (125 µg/ml) and Scopulariopsis sp (500 µg/ml). This study report the potency of agnuside as antifungal agent developed from plant source.

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