Antifungal Activity of β-Asarone from Rhizomes of Acorus gramineus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 776-780

  Lee, Jee Yeon ^a   Lee, Jung Yeop ^a   Yun, Bong Sik ^b   Hwang, Byung Kook ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

asarone; Acorus gramineus; Antifungal activity; Cucumber anthracnose; Rice blast

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHOXY 1 PROPENYLBENZENE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA ASARONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACORUS; ACORUS GRAMINEUS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM ORBICULARE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; FUNGUS GROWTH; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OOMYCETES; PLANT LEAF; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RICE BLAST; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ACORUS; ANISOLES; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; PLANTS; RHIZOME;

ACORUS; ACORUS GRAMINEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CUCUMERINUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM ORBICULARE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ERWINIA; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; OOMYCETES; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 1242314219     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf035204o     Document Type: Article

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