ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBES FROM NAIL SAMPLE AND ANTIDERMATOPHYTIC ACTIVITIES ON Lawsonia inermis (HENNA PLANT), DETTOL SOLUTION AND ALOE VERA (Aloe barbadensis) HERBAL SOAP

This study was conducted to isolate and identify bacteria contaminants of under nails (long nails. Bacterial pathogens isolated from the under nails of students include Staphylococcus aureus Bacillus cereus, Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella. The world is endowed with a rich wealth of medicinal plants. There is a widespread belief that green medicines are healthier and more harmless or safer than synthetic ones. Medicinal plants have been used to cure some diseases. The ancient plant Lawsonia inermis or henna is used as a medicinal plant because of its attributed strong fungicidal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, virucidal, antiparasitic, antiamoebiasis, astringent, antihemorrhagic, hypotensive, sedative, anticancer effect and possible anti-sweating properties. In this study, we isolate, identify the pathogens from the nail sample and antidermatophytic activity of Lawsonia inermis and Aloe barbadensis was studied.