Fungicidal Impact of L. (Miswak) Extract on Growth of Foodborne Pathogens, Species.

Several investigations have focused on studying the suppressing influence of (miswak) on oral microbes; however, studies regarding its fungicidal activity versus human aspergillosis-related illness are still scarce. The current research was designed to evaluate the fungicidal action of aquatic root extract in terms of radial growth rate and inhibition zone (IZO) versus 3 pathogenic species, namely, r, , and in vitro. The results revealed that the plant extract (50 and 100 mg/mL) exhibited a prohibiting influence on the growth of the tested fungal species. The high concentration (100 mg/mL) of the plant extract efficient in prohibiting the growing rate of the tested species after 6 days exposure period. and showed the largest inhibition ratios (60% and 54.4%, respectively) and IZO (33.00 ± 0.05 mm and 25.50 ± 0.18 mm, respectively) versus the control counterparts. showed the minimum inhibition ratio (39%) and IZO (20.31 ± 0.05). The present data showed that the extract of possesses potential fungicidal influence versus the tested pathogenic species and this may support the utilization of this extract as a promising antifungal agent versus aspergillosis.