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Evaluation of berberine as a natural fungicide: biodegradation and antimicrobial mechanism
- Source :
- Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 20:148-162
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Berberine (BBR) is a traditional Chinese medicine which recently was applied as a biological pesticide. Here, we studied the antimicrobial mode of BBR and its impact on soil bacterial diversity. BBR was more effective against fungi than bacteria due to the specific interaction between BBR and glucan. Also, BBR was degraded rapidly in soil, leading to the limited effect on soil bacterial diversity. Collectively, BBR is an environment-friendly pesticide and it is promising in dealing with fungal plant diseases.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Berberine
030106 microbiology
Pharmaceutical Science
complex mixtures
Analytical Chemistry
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Anti-Infective Agents
Drug Discovery
Food science
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Glucan
Pharmacology
chemistry.chemical_classification
Molecular Structure
biology
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
General Medicine
Pesticide
Biodegradation
biology.organism_classification
Antimicrobial
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Fungicides, Industrial
Fungicide
Biopesticide
030104 developmental biology
Complementary and alternative medicine
Molecular Medicine
human activities
Bacteria
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14772213 and 10286020
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Asian Natural Products Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9c27aca0fff78e48cd7fd19312006991