SCREENING FOR ANTIYEAST ACTIVITIES FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS

Abstract

DARAH, I., JAIN, K., SURAYA, S., LIM, S. H., HAZARINA, N. & SITI NOOR ADNALIZAWATI, A. 2006.
Screening for antiyeast activities from selected medicinal plants. Plants synthesize a vast array of secondary
metabolites that are gaining importance for their biotechnological applications. Methanolic extracts of 22
medicinal plants in Malaysia were tested for their antifungal activities against four species of pathogenic
yeasts, namely, Candida albicans, Rhodotorula rubra, Cryptococcus neoformans and Torulopsis glabrata. The extracts
studied displayed remarkable and significant antifungal activities against C. albicans, R. rubra and T. glabrata
but not against C. neoformans.