Changes in Therapeutic Potentialities of Certain Plant Species Collected from Different Localities of Agra City

Many plant species found in different regions, collected randomly or by following leads supplied by local healers in geographical area are found, to be altered in their phytochemical constituents. In the present study certain plant species were collected from different localities (geographical areas) of Agra city and were tested against the experimental organism, A lternaria alternata to envisage the antifungal activity. The plants collected from Agricultural sector seemed to be more fungicidal as compared to the plants of other sectors and the maximum inhibition of 63.26% was observed in the aqueous extract of Solanum nigrum. However the minimum inhibition of 26.53% due to Calotropis procera was further being observed from the industrial sector. Thus the plants from the industrial sector showed the minimum inhibition due to exposure to the pollutants/wastes released from the industries, which altered their natural habitat and induced changes in the antimycotic properties of these plants.