IN-VITRO INHIBITION OF GROWTH AND BIOFILM FORMATION OF CANDIDA ALBICANS BY NEEM LEAF EXTRACT

Candida albicans is a smart pathogen causing many human infections, and is notorious for biofilm fomation that makes treatment very difficult. Biofilm formation implies refractoriness to therapy. So herbal compunds are the need of the hour to tackle this proble. In this study we show by incubation with peptone water with neem extractya nd test tube mthod of biofilm study, that neem laves inhibited groth and biofilm in vitro by Candida albicans. Hence this extract should serve as source of future treatment options in infections caused by C. albicans