Biodeterioration of some herbal raw materials by storage fungi and aflatoxin and assessment of Cymbopogon flexuosus essential oil and its components as antifungal

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 712-716

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Shukla, Ravindra ^a   Singh, Priyanka ^a   Dubey, Nawal Kishore ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Aspergillus flavus; Biodeterioration; Cymbopogon flexuosus; Eugenol; Micromycetes; Raw materials

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIODETERIORATION; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; EUGENOL; MICROMYCETES;

AFLATOXINS; BIODEGRADATION; MATERIALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALCOHOL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; TOXIN;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; FUNGI; HOLARRHENA; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 67651113712     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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