Antifungal efficacy of plant essential oils against stored grain fungi of Fusarium spp.

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• 作者：Peeyush Kumar ; Sapna Mishra ; Atul Kumar…
• 关键词：Fusarium proliferatum ; Fusarium verticillioides ; Essential oils ; Antifungal activity
• 刊名：Journal of Food Science and Technology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：53
• 期：10
• 页码：3725-3734
• 全文大小：821 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Nutrition
  Food Science
  Chemistry
  
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0975-8402
• 卷排序：53

文摘

The control potential of seven plant essential oils was evaluated against Fusarium proliferatum (Matsushima) Nirenberg and Fusarium verticillioides Sheldon. The fungicidal activity was assessed through microtiter plate assay to determine the minimum inhibitory and fungicidal concentration of essential oils. The essential oil of Mentha arvensis was adjudged as best for inhibiting the fungal growth, while oil of Thymus vulgaris and Anethum graveolens showed high efficacy in terms of fungicidal activity. The oil of M. arvensis and T. vulgaris also showed good inhibition activity in agar disc diffusion assay. M. arvensis essential oil was analysed for its composition using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry revealing menthol (63.18 %), menthone (15.08 %), isomenthyl acetate (5.50 %) and limonene (4.31 %) as major components. Significant activity of M. arvensis essential oil against F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides isolates obtained, pave the way for its use as antifungal control agents.