anti-fungal activity of barberry aqueous extract

Fungal infections have increased over the last two decades. pathogenic molds have been reported as casual agents of food spoilage and foodborne diseases and can contaminate foods from cultivation to harvest, transportation and storage. it is important to scientifically investigate the plants which have been used in traditional medicines as potential sources of novel anti-microbial compounds. for this reason, in this study the anti-fungal activity of barberry aqueous extract against fungi including aspergillus niger, aspergillus flavus, penicillium chrysogenum, candida albicans and candida glabrata was evaluated using minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) method. the results showed that a. niger and a. flavus are the most resistant species to extract with mic of 50 mg/ml. candida species were more sensitive and mic was 12.50 mg/ml against c. albicans and c. glabrata. evaluation of anti-fungal activity of barberry aqueous extract as a natural herbal compound showed that this extract has anti-fungal activity especially against candida species.