Evaluation of Antifungal Efficacy of Cinnamomum zeylanicum bark oil

Herbal medicine has a wide range of medicinal properties and the increasing use of herbal products in various applications by developed and developing countries has paved our way to curing diseases and conditions with natural herbs. Cinnamomum is an aromatic plant and its different species are widely studied. The aim of this study is to evaluate the antifungal efficacy of essential bark oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum against the spectrum of pathogenic/non-pathogenic fungal cultures. The Hydrodistillation method was used for extracting essential oil from the bark of C.zeylanicum using Clevenger apparatus and the plate diffusion method was used to study the activity of tested fungi. The result obtained from this study suggests that C.zeylanicum essential bark oil could be a potential antifungal compound and thus may be useful in wide applications after evaluating the potential efficacy of essential oil for human use.