<b style="">Antifungal activity of extracts of some <i style="">Cassia</i>, <i style="">Detarium </i>and <i style="">Ziziphus </i>species against dermatophytes</b> <b style=""> </b>

357-360The methanol extracts of Cassia occidentalis Linn., C. singuena (Del.) Lack, C. tora Linn., Detarium microcarpum Guill. &amp; Perr., Ziziphus abyssinica (Hochst ex A. Rich) Fiori, Z. mauritiana Lam., Z. mucronata Willd. and Z. spina-christi Willd. found in Bauchi State, Nigeria, showed antifungal activity when tested by the agar diffusion method against dermatophytes, viz.Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagaphytes, Microsporum canis and Aspergillus fumigatus.</i