The Korean Journal of Ecology

The Ecological Society of Korea (한국생태학회)
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Antifungal activity of some essential oils against four fungi

4 種의 菌類에 대한 植物精油의 抗菌作用

  • Yun, Kyeong-Won (Dept. of biol. education, Wonkwang Univ) ;
  • N.K. Dubey (Dept. of botany, banaras hindu university, varanasi-221005, India) ;
  • Han, Dong-Min (dept. of molecular biol., wonkwang university) ;
  • Bong- Seop Kil
  • Published : 1992.06.01
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Abstract

Essential oils isolated from five angiospermic plants viz. citrus medica, trachyspermum amminepeta hindostana, amomum subulatum, and hyptis suaveolens have been tested against four fungiviz. aspergillus awamori, alternaria matini, aspergillus nidulans and penicillium sp. at 100ppm, 500 ppm, and 1, 000ppm. The oils of c. medica, n. hindostana and t. ammi were found to be effective in checking growth of fungi, while the hyptis and amomum oils were observed to be the worst effective. The antifungal poitency of some of the oils has been compared with synthetic fungicides viz. dithane m-45, ceresan and captan.

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