Studying The Effect of Henna Leaf Extract On Fungi Isolated from Human Feet and Comparing Them with Antifungals

Abstract

In this research,  The current study aimed to determine the effect of the aqueous and alcoholic extract of the henna plant in concentrations (2.5%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 40%) compared with the antifungals Clotrmnzole, Micanzole on the fungi that infect human feet, which collected 21 samples from students at the College of Technology Brack Department of Medical Laboratories, The species was identified by morphological characteristics, urea test and cultivation on Dermatophyt medium. Two fungal species were isolated, T.rubrum  and T.metagrophyte, and T.rubrum  was the dominant fungus. The results showed that the aqueous extract of the henna plant had a greater inhibition rate than the alcoholic extract on the fungal species studied in this study. It was noted that the 40% concentration was the most efficient inhibitor compared to the other concentrations. As for the antifungals, the inhibition rate of Micanzole was higher than Clotmensole by 37.5% 25% on straight . Also, when Micanzole was used with the extracts, it had a better inhibitory ability than Coltmenzole.