Histopathological study on the antifungal activity of Salix plant extract on some dermatophytes.

The study was designed to determine the activity of methanolic Salix extract as an antifungal agent. Rabbits were divided into three groups. The first group represents the control (6) while the second and the third groups were infected with fungal inoculums of the rabbit skin. After development of skin lesion, the infected area of the second group was treated with Salix extract until healing. The histopathological study revealed recovery from infection in the infected animals, which manifested by well-developed epithelial tissue similar to the control group.