In vivo antifungal activity against various plant pathogenic fungi of curcuminoids isolated from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-96

  Cho, Jun Young ^a,b   Choi, Gyung Ja ^a   Lee, Seon Woo ^c   Lim, He Kyoung ^a   Jang, Kyung Soo ^a   Limn, Chi Hwan ^b   Cho, Kwang Yun ^a   Kim, Jin Cheol ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Curcuma longa; Curcuminoids; Magnaporthe grisea; Phytophthora infestans

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053946020     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2006.22.1.094     Document Type: Note

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