Abstract

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF EUPHORBIA SPP AND ITS USE IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES: A REVIEW

*Shobha Johari and Ashwani Kumar

Abstract

Euphorbia are used in traditional medicine, mainly as emetic and purgative agents, to treat digestive skin and respiratory disorders, and inflammatory conditions, migraine, intestinal parasites and gonorrhoea, and as wart cures The extracts and secondary metabolites from Euphorbia plants may act as active principles of medicines for the treatment of many human ailments. Some species of genus Euphorbia have been used for the treatment of various conditions such as asthma, leukemia, cancer, skin diseases and intestinal parasitic infections. Candida species constitute an important group of opportunistic fungi, which cause various clinical diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the traditional used and antifungal activities of Euphorbia spp.

Keywords: Antifungal. Traditional medicines, Euphorbia, terpenoids.