The inhibitory effect of oregano extract on the growth of Aspergillus spp. and on sterigmatocystin biosynthesis

LWT

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-20

  Kocić Tanackov, Sunčica ^a   Dimić, Gordana ^a   Tanackov, Ilija ^a   Pejin, Dušanka ^a   Mojović, Ljiljana ^b   Pejin, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Aspergillus spp.; Oregano extract; Sterigmatocystin biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS SPP; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; ASPERGILLUS WENTII; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); OREGANO EXTRACTS; STERIGMATOCYSTIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; ASPERGILLUS WENTII; ORIGANUM;

EID: 84862702235     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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