Antifungal Activity of Some Essential Oils

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• 作者：Soundhar rajan Radhakrishanan Sridhar ; R. Velusamy Rajagopal ; Ramasamy Rajavel ; Selladurai Masilamani ; and Srinivasan Narasimhan
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：December 17, 2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：51
• 期：26
• 页码：7596 - 7599
• 全文大小：44K
• 年卷期：v.51,no.26(December 17, 2003)
• ISSN：1520-5118

文摘

Thirteen essential oils recovered by steam distillation from Indian herbs were analyzed for theirchemical compositions using GC and GCMS. The antifungal activity against plant and Food mold rotwere examined in vitro using poison food technique. The essential oil from cymbopogan exhibitedcontrol over all the plant and food mold rot tested. The bioactive compound in the oil and its minimuminhibitory concentration were determined using TLC bioautography.Keywords: Essential oils; antifungal activity; plant and food mold rot; TLC bioautography