Effect of essential oils from two Nigerian medicinal plants (Azadirachta indica and Morinda lucida) on growth and aflatoxin B1 production in maize grain by a toxigenic Aspergillus flavus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-192

  Bankole, S A ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ESSENTIAL OILS; GRAIN GROWTH;

AFLATOXIN B 1; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; LIQUID MEDIA; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NIGERIANS; TOXIGENIC;

AFLATOXINS;

AFLATOXIN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MAIZE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; FUNGI; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030942840     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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