A REVIEW ON ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY AND HERBAL MEDICINAL PLANT
Aniket R. Wadalkar*, Rucha A. Ingle and Kailash R. Biyani
ABSTRACT
Fungal infection is a also called as mycosis. This is disease caused by fungi classified according to the part of the
body affected i.e., superficial, subcutaneous and systemic. Fungal infection can be prevented by keeping skin clean
and dry as well as maintaining good hygiene. It’s important to wash after touching other the people or animal. It’s
treated with antifungal medicinal plant. Treatment depends on the type of fungal infection. Sometimes, infected
tissue needs to be the surgically cut away. The emerging resistance of microbes to the antifungal agents has
serious implications in the management of infections. The antifungal compounds also act on targets found in
mammalian cells which may result in toxicity or adverse drug interaction. But it is unpleasant side effect include
nausea, abdominal pain, itching, toxicity, show therapeutic response, and poor efficacy in immunocompromised
patients. Medicinal plants are of great importance to health of individuals and communities. This importance lies
in the chemical substances that produce a definite physiological action on the human body. There are large number
drawback in synthetic drugs so people move forward herbal drugs which is more safe.
Keywords: Anti-Fungal, Fungal Infection, Medicinal Plant.
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