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JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE
Volume 53, Issue 10, Pages 3725-3734Publisher
SPRINGER INDIA
DOI: 10.1007/s13197-016-2347-0
Keywords
Fusarium proliferatum; Fusarium verticillioides; Essential oils; Antifungal activity
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- Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), India [SERB/LS-994/2013]
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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.
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