IN VITRO STUDY OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF MALTYADI TAIL ON DARUNAK/DANDRUFF (AGAINST MALASSEZIA FURFUR, MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA, CANDIDA ALBICANS)

Deepti Negi*, Anoop Kumar Singh, Vipin Kumar and Shweta G. Shukla

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out with an aim and objective of study is to access antifungal activity of Maltyadi tail and to determine the zone of inhibition of Maltyadi tail on fungal strains (Malassezia furfur, Malassezia globosa and Candida albicans) in the present study antifungal activities of Maltyadi tail. Dandruff is a progressive problem now days. It has so many causes but fungus is one of them. There are three common pathogens which are responsible to cause dandruff, Malassezia furfur, Malassezia globosa and Candida albicans. So many formulations are used to control dandruff, one is oil. Different kind of oils has been using from the dawn of the time but not able to cure dandruff completely. In ayurveda there are also various medicines for darunak. One of them acharya chakrapani described maltyadi tail in the treatment of darunak. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal activities of the maltyadi tail. The antifungal activity was determined by the agar-well diffusion method against fungal pathogens (Malassezia furfur, Malassezia globosa and Candida albicans). The study showed effective result of maltyadi tail in antifungal activities.

Keywords: Antifungal activities, Dandruff, Darunak, maltyadi tail.