eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2013-06-28 10 1 10.13005/bbra/1134 10403 article Rogimon P. Thomas 1 Manuel Thomas 2 Joby Paul 1 Mahesh Mohan 1 School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam - 686 560, India. Consortium & Training Academy for Biosciences (CTAB)IInd Floor, Geo Printers Building, Manarcadu P.O., Kottayam - 686 019, India. Department of Botany, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala - 686 001, India. Traditional curatives based on herbal medicinal rationales are time tested and widely accepted across various cultural and socioeconomic strata all around the world. The emergence of drug resistant germs makes the circumstances more assailable for emerging pathogens, especially fungi. Thus an attempt to assess the spectrum of antifungal activity among selected Verbenaceae members (P. serratifolia, L. nodiflora, V. trifolia, V. negundo var. negundo, V. negundo var. pubescens, V. altissima, V. leucoxylon, V. pinnata, S. jamaicensis, C. inermis and C. serratum) was conducted against a panel of 8 fungi (Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, Penicillium sp., Verticillium sp., Curvularia sp., Mucor sp. and Fusarium sp.). All of the tested plants were inhibitory to many of the tested fungi and both of the extracts (petroleum ether and methanolic) showed appreciable antifungal effects, though the phytochemical composition was dissimilar. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol10no1/antifungal-activity-of-verbenaceae/ Verbenaceae; Antifungal; Fungi; Antimicrobial