Antifungal activity of some essential oils.

Autor: Sridhar SR; T. R. Govindachari Centre for Natural Products, SPIC Science Foundation 88, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032, India., Rajagopal RV, Rajavel R, Masilamani S, Narasimhan S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry [J Agric Food Chem] 2003 Dec 17; Vol. 51 (26), pp. 7596-9.
DOI: 10.1021/jf0344082
Abstrakt: Thirteen essential oils recovered by steam distillation from Indian herbs were analyzed for their chemical compositions using GC and GCMS. The antifungal activity against plant and Food mold rot were examined in vitro using poison food technique. The essential oil from cymbopogan exhibited control over all the plant and food mold rot tested. The bioactive compound in the oil and its minimum inhibitory concentration were determined using TLC bioautography.
Databáze: MEDLINE