Antitoxic Effect of Solanum nigrum (Black berry) Leaf on Growth an Aflatoxin Production by Aspergillus flavus
2021 volume 2
Antitoxic Effect of Solanum nigrum (Black berry) Leaf on Growth an Aflatoxin Production by Aspergillus flavus
Manish Kumar and Ahmad Masood
Department of Botany, H. D. Jain College, Ara E-mail: manishkumarhdjc.ara@gmail.com
ABSTRACT :
Solanum nigrum (Black berry) belongs to family Solanaceae and is one of the important medicinal plants. It has been used in traditional Indian medicines. The leaf of the plant was used to observe the antitoxic property of Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that produces a very toxic compound aflatoxin which has carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on animals and human beings. In the Present study, the aqueous extract of Solanum nigrum was prepared and used against the growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus. Five different concentrations viz, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25% were tested using SMKY liquid medium, in which the inoculum of A. flavus was put under sterilized laboratory condition. A control was maintained for each treatment. The study was conducted in replicates and final result is presented here. The dry mycelial weight of A. flavus at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25% concentrations of the plant extract were 920, 830, 780, 640 and 580 mg/ flask, showing an inhibition of 10.7, 13.7, 24.5, 31.5 and 41.4% respectively. The suppression in aflatoxin production was 31.2, 40.5, 51.8, 64.0 and 68.5% respectively. Key words: – Solanum nigrum, Aspergillus flavus, fungus, aflatoxin
Paper History: Paper Received on 25/11/2021, Accepted on 02/12/2021 Published on 07/04/2022