eng Ansari Education and Research Society Journal of Ultra Chemistry 0973-3450 2319-8036 July, 2017 13 4 88 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.22147/juc/130403 560 article ARTI CHAURASIA (arti1chaurasia@gmail.com) 1 ANIL GHARIA 2 Department of chemistry, MIT College, Indore, M.P. (India) Department of chemistry, P M B Gujrati Science College, Indore, M.P. (India) <p style="text-align:justify">The antifungal activity of medicinal plant Boswellia Serrata was tested against plant pathogenic fungus (red rot disease causing agent) Colletotrichum falcatum by agar well &ndash;diffusion method. The plant leaves was extracted with various solvents like chloroform, ethanol and aqueous. The aim of the study was to evaluate the antifungal activity of extracts of plant species used in traditional herbal medicine. The results obtained in the present study suggest that they can be used in treating diseases caused by the test organism.</p> https://journalofchemistry.org/paper/560/ Medicinal plants Antifungal activity Colletotrichum falcatum Red rot disease