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Ethnobotany is a specialty in botany that studies the lore and uses
of plants as illustrative of the customs of a (usually primitive)
society. The aim of Ethnobotany is to study how and why people use
and conceptualize plants in their local environments.The present
study had been designed to evaluate potential antifungal compounds
from ethnomedicinal plant namely Achyranthes aspera or PUTHKANDA
known in PAKISTAN due to its relation with people. Puthkanda is an
erect herb, 0.3-1meter high with stiff branches terete or
absolutely quadrangular, striate, pubescent, leaves few, usually
thick, elliptic-obovate, petiolate, acute and entire. It is an
important medicinal plant so I have chosen it. The study was done
on Achyranthes aspera seeds (in the dormancy phase) as well as all
plant parts. In order to achieve this goal the aqueous and other
organic solvents were evaluated for their antifungal activity
against the target fungi i.e Aspergillus niger. Methanol inhibited
95% growth of Aspergillus niger.
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