EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS AND FRACTIONS AGAINST CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA ALBICANS
ABSTRACT The development of drug resistance by pathogenic yeast especially Candida albicans, has resulted in waste of financial resources globally. This study was aimed at evaluating the antifungal activities of some medicinal plant extracts and fractions against clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Four medicinal plants namely: Vernonia amygdalina, Azardirachta indica, Moringa oleifera, and Vitellaria paradoxa were used in this study. The leaves, stembark and root of each medicinal plants were ...
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