In-Vitro Antidermatophytic Bioactivity of Peel Extracts of Red Banana (Musa Acuminate) and Common Banana (Musa Paradisica)

Abstract

In-vitro antidermatophytic activity of high interpolar methanolic fruit peel extracts of red banana and common banana varieties were evaluated in this chapter. About 98% of methanolic soxhlet extract of fruit peels of red banana (Musa acuminate) and common banana (Musa paradisica) varieties were evaluated against dermatophytic fungi, namely, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Micro sporium gypseum, and Candida albicans; and bacteria, namely, Staphylococcus aureus, Psudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli. Utmost activity was observed in red banana extract. The minimum inhibitory concentrations, minimum fungicidal concentrations, and minimum bactericidal concentrations were determined against selected test strains. This study provides a basis for the isolation and purification of antidermatophytic active molecules from the fruit peels of red banana variety.