Antifungal and phytochemical screening of selected medicinal plants of Malamjaba, Swat, Pakistan

The present study involves ten different medicinal plants Acacia Ailanthus altissima, Ajuga bracteosa, Bergenia ciliate, Amaranthus viridis, Chenopodium album and Berberis lycium locally available in Swat Malam jaba region of Pakistan. The leaves of the selected medicinal plants were washed, air dried and then powdered. The methanolic, ethanolic and chloroform extracts of leaf samples were used for the phytochemical analysis to find out the phytochemical constituents in the plants and antifungal activities. The results showed that alkaloids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, phlobatannins, saponins, phenols, terpenoids, tannins, cardiac glycosides was found in methanolic and ethanolic extracts, while alkaloids, phlobatannins and glycosides were found in the chloroform extracts. Flavonoids, carbohydrates, saponins, phenols, terpenoids and protein were found present in chloroform extracts. The antifungal activities showed that the most active among the plants was Ajuga bracteosa with 17.41 mm zone of inhibition against Trichoderma followed by Berberis lycium against Verticellium with 17.37 mm zone of inhibition, Bergenia ciliate against Verticellium with zone of inhibition of 16.62 mm. Ailanthus altissima was most active against Acremonium with 14.50 mm of zone of inhibition.