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

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Author	Kumar, Peeyush Mishra, Sapna Kumar, Atul Sharma, Amit Kumar
Abstract	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. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13197-016-2347-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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ISSN	00221155
Volume Number	53
DOI	10.1007/s13197-016-2347-0
PubMed Central reference number	PMC5147695
Issue Number	10
PubMed reference number	28017987
Journal	Journal of Food Science and Technology [J Food Sci Technol]
e-ISSN	09758402
Language	English
Publisher	Springer India
Publisher Date	2016-10-13
Publisher Place	New Delhi
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	© Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) 2016
Subject Keyword	Fusarium proliferatum Fusarium verticillioides Essential oils Antifungal activity
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Food Science

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