Antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic efficacy of Caesulia axillaris Roxb. essential oil against fungi deteriorating some herbal raw materials, and its antioxidant activity

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-80

  Mishra, Prashant Kumar ^a   Shukla, Ravindra ^a   Singh, Priyanka ^a   Prakash, Bhanu ^a   Dubey, Nawal Kishore ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B 1; Antifungal; Antioxidant; Aspergillus flavus; Caesulia axillaris; Essential oil

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CAESULIA AXILLARIS;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; DETERIORATION; FREE RADICALS; MAMMALS; MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; FREE RADICAL; FUNGUS; HERB; MAMMAL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CAESULIA AXILLARIS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80053379328     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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