_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: kabiruddaji@gmail.com; South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology 2(1): 1-6, 2018; Article no.SAJRM.41598 Potency of Trona on Fungi Associated with Tinea Capitis from Children in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) M. K. Nata’ala 1* , A. B. Mormoni 1 , A. A. Isah 2 , U. B. Ibrahim 1 , S. A. Zauro 2 and M. E. Halilu 3 1 Department of Microbiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. 2 Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. 3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/SAJRM/2018/v2i129241 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Luciana Furlaneto-Maia, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Federal Technological University of Parana, Brazil. Reviewers: (1) F. Solano, University of Murcia, Spain. (2) Edilene Bolutari Baptista, Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos, Brasil. (3) Renshan Sun, Third Military Medical University, China. (4) Adam Reich, University of Rzeszow, Poland. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/26609 Received 22 April 2018 Accepted 05 September 2018 Published 10 October 2018 ABSTRACT Aim: The potency of trona against fungi associated with dermatophytes isolated from children in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) local farming community was investigated. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry and Department of Pharmacognosy, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, between January 2017 and September 2017. Methodology: The samples were collected from errand children within UDUS, and the organisms were isolated and identified microscopically using standard methods. Elemental analysis of the two types of trona (red and white) was also determined using standard Analytical methods. The sensitivity test was carried out using agar well diffusion method. Results: In the two types of trona (red and white) Sodium was found to have the highest Original Research Article