Antifungal activity of australian grown lavandula spp. essential oils against aspergillus nidulans, trichophyton mentagrophytes, leptosphaeria maculans and sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Moon, Therese ^a   Cavanagh, Heather M A ^a   Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Antifungal activity; Camphor; Essential oil composition; Fenchone; Hydrosols; Laminaceae; Lavandula; Lavandula angustifolia; Lavandula heterophylla; Lavandula x allardii; Lavandula x intermedia; Lavender; Linalool; Linalyl acetate; Stoechas

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCES; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CAMPHOR; DISC DIFFUSION; FENCHONE; HYDROSOLS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVENDER; LINALOOL;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; DRYOBALANOPS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; HETEROPHYLLA; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVANDULA INTERMEDIA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 34248193860     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2007.9699253     Document Type: Article

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