Use of a substrate/alliinase combination to generate antifungal activity in situ

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 574-580

  Fry, Fiona H ^a   Okarter, Neal ^a   Baynton Smith, Camilla ^a   Kershaw, Michael J ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^a   Jacob, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allicin; Alliinase; Antifungal activity; Binary system; Disulfide S oxide; Green chemistry; Magnaporihe grisea

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALLIIN; ALLIIN LYASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYSTAMINE DERIVATIVE; CYSTAMINE S MONOXIDE; CYSTINE; DISULFIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SULFOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GARLIC; GERMINATION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; RICE BLAST;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYSTEINE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MAGNAPORTHE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SULFINIC ACIDS; ZINC;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 13244258344     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf048481j     Document Type: Article

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