Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(10): 1026-1032 1026 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.910.123 Assessment of Antimicrobial Activity of Underutilized Fruits (Aonla, Bael, Ber, Jackfruit and Kaitha) Anil Kumar * , Pratibha Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh and Raj Narayan Kewat Department of Biochemistry, N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction India is a fascinating country in its fruit wealth where almost all fruits that are consumable to human beings are grown. Quite a considerable number of fruit crops have now been existent and large number are still there which are not cropped in organized plantations. These fruit crops which grow here less-exploited or minor fruit crops beyond doubt, contribute a substantial part of the country’s fruit production (Majumdar and Daya, 2004). There are several fruits are present in nature which is also nutritionally important and superior in quality but are rarely used by human. People are not aware of its nutritional importance, these fruits are known as underutilized fruits viz., Ber, Bael, Aonla, Kaitha, Jackfruit, Karonda, Imli etc. The product preparations from these fruits can be nutritionally, economically as well as medicinally important. Several compounds are present in fruit like antioxidant, some phenolic compounds, some enzymes as catalases, peroxidases, pectin methylesterase, cellulase, superoxide dismutases etc. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 10 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Antimicrobial activity of radial growth of mycelium of Aspergillus niger, Alternaria brassicae and Pencillium notatum in five fruit pulps viz. Aonal (NA-6 and NA-7), Bael (NB-5 and NB-9), Ber (Karaka and Umran), Jackfruit (NJ-2 and NJ-3) and Kaitha (K-1 and K-2). However all the five fruit pulps at 40% concentration showed maximum inhibition compared to other tested concentrations. The present study indicated that Aonla fruits extract reduced the growth of Aspergillus niger, Alternaria brassicae and Pencillium notatum at (10, 20, 30 and 40%) concentrations as compared to control within 10 days after incubation. Antimicrobial activity of five edible pulp of minor fruit germplasms resulted that Aonla fruits extract was recorded highest antimicrobial activity as compared to other tested fruit extracts. Keywords Alternaria brassicae, antimicrobial activity, Aspergillus niger, Pencillium notatum and Underutilized fruits Accepted: 10 September 2020 Available Online: 10 October 2020 Article Info