Antifungal activity of some essential oils on Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin production

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-279

  El Habib, Roquia ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Antifungal activity; Aspergillus flavus; Essential oils; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; BASIL OIL; CORIANDER OIL; DILL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MARJORAM OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; ROSEMARY OIL; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BASIL; CORIANDER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILL; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MARJORAM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ROSEMARY; SAUDI ARABIA; THYME;

EID: 84862227666     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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