In vitro antifungal activity of terpinen-4-ol, eugenol, carvone, 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) and thymol against mycotoxigenic plant pathogens

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-422

  Morcia, C ^a   Malnati, M ^b   Terzi, V ^a  

^a CRA GPG   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Cereals and grain; Mycology; Mycotoxins; Mycotoxins, trichothecenes

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOASSAY; FUNGI; MONOTERPENES; PHENOLS;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CEREALS AND GRAINS; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; MYCOTOXINS; TRICHOTHECENES;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

1,8 CINEOLE(EUCALYPTOL); ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARVONE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; MYCOTOXIN; TERPINEN 4 OL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; TERPENE; TERPINENOL 4; TERPINENOL-4; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CEREALIS; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SPOROTRICHIOIDES; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCELIUM; MYCOTOXICOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALTERNARIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEUTEROMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; IC 50; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUGENOL; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; FUSARIUM; GERMINATION; HORDEUM; HYPHAE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MONOTERPENES; MYCOTOXINS; OILS, VOLATILE; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS; TERPENES; THYMOL; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 84857431475     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2011.643458     Document Type: Article

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