Abstract
To study the inhibitory effect of Malassezia furfur by using the plants Syzygium aromaticum and Zingiber officinale.The antidandruff activity of hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Zingiber officinalae and Syzygium aromaticum was studied by agar well diffusion and broth dilution assay. The Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the methanol extract of S.aromaticum was studied as 100µg/ml and IC50 as 850µg/ml. Partial purification through TLC and bio-autography were also studied. Out of the three extracts methanol extract, showed good activity comparatively. MIC activity was good in S.aromaticum when compared to Z.officinale. In S.aromaticum Rf value of 0.153 was the active compound which showed good activity against dandruff.Comparing the inhibitory activities of the two plants S.aromaticum showed Minimum inhibitory activity against M.furfur.