Manasa Machavarapu

Anti-fungal Evaluation of Medicinal Plants: Aflatoxin Producing Aspergillus Species Manasa Machavarapu

Mycotoxins are toxic metabolites produced by fungi. The consumption of these mycotoxin-contaminated feedstuffs by animals leads to adverse effect on animal health and the effects are more serious in monogastric animals depending on the species and the susceptibility to toxins within the species. The present work has been carried out to screen for the efficacy of antifungal potency of certain plant extracts against Aspergillus flavus (NCIM 538) and Aspergillus parasiticus (NCIM 898) and to provide an alternative way to synthetic chemicals for preventing food or feed from fungal contamination.