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The chemical composition of some Lauraceae essential oils and their antifungal activities
- Source :
- Phytotherapy Research. 18:713-717
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2004.
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Abstract
- The antifungal activity of Aniba rosaeodora, Laurus nobilis, Sassafras albidum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oils were investigated against 17 micromycetes. Among the tested fungal species were food poisoning, spoilage fungi, plant and animal pathogens. In order to determine fungistatic and fungicidal concentrations (MIC and MFC) macrodilution and microdilution tests were used. Linalool was the main component in the essential oil of A. rosaeodora, while 1.8-cineole was dominant in L. nobilis. In sassafras essential oil safrole was the major component and in the oil of C. zeylanicum the main component was trans-cinnamaldehyde. The essential oil of cinnamon showed the strongest antifungal activity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects :
- Aniba rosaeodora
Antifungal Agents
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Lauraceae
chemistry.chemical_compound
0404 agricultural biotechnology
Laurus nobilis
food
Linalool
law
Botany
Humans
Plant Oils
Essential oil
Pharmacology
Sassafras albidum
biology
Traditional medicine
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
biology.organism_classification
040401 food science
Cinnamomum zeylanicum
food.food
0104 chemical sciences
Fungicide
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
chemistry
Safrole
Mitosporic Fungi
Phytotherapy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10991573 and 0951418X
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Phytotherapy Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....63626686eba6703d44c0f9ae1b4ce675