Skin scales, nail and hair Specimens were collected
from patients with suspected dermatophytosis. A total
of 51 cultures were obtained from 62 Patients with
dermatophytosis, 36 males (70.5%) and 15 (29.5%) females,
during May 2011- Jan 2012. All samples were obtained from
patients attending the Dermatology outpatients department,
King George Hospital of Andhra medical college,
Visakhapatnam (India). Albizia lebbek bark, Annona
reticuata bark and leaf ,Cassia fistula leaf , Wrightia
tinktoria bark and Couroupita guianensis bark which were
used for this study. These plants were collected in the forests
of Paaderu, a tribal area close to Visakhapatnam. Plants
are identified and authenticated by plant taxonomists,