This study was carried out to evaluate the inhibitory effect of aqueous, ethanolic and
methanolic extracts of the cladodes, flowers and fruits cactus plant (Opuntia ficus-indica)
with concentrations of (125, 250, 500, 1000) mg/ml against the isolat
ion of Aspergillus
niger fungus and compared it with aqueous solution of antibiotic (fluconazole) at
concentration 10 μg/ml. The study showed a difference in efficacy of studied extracts in
inhibiting the growth of studied fungus, The methanolic extract of flowers showed higher
inhibiting ratios (76.86, 81.32) % at concentrations (500, 1000) mg/ml respectively,
followed by the methanolic extract of cladode by inhibiting ratios reached (73.49, 76.14) %
at the previous concentrations, then followed by the ethanolic extract of flowers by
inhibiting ratio (40.96, 57.83) % at the same of previous concentrations, while inhibiting
ratio of fluconazole reached 65.66% at the used concentration, whereas the aqueous
extracts of flowers, fruits and cladode had the lowest effect by inhibiting ratios reached
(36.74, 23.49, 12.53) % respectively at concentration 1000 mg/ml.
The chemical content of Cactus grandiflorus L was studied from
amino acids and sugars. The duration of these materials in the
branches and plant flowers was determined and the relative
proportions of these compounds were determined by using the thin
layer chromatography methods(TLC) and the highly efficient liquid
chromatography( HPLC).