Evaluation of antifungal activity of essential oils against potentially mycotoxigenic Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1002-1010

  da Silva, Fernanda C ^a   Chalfoun, Sara M ^a   de Siqueira, Virgínia M ^b   Botelho, Deila M dos S ^a   Lima, Nelson ^b   Batista, Luís R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Foeniculum vulgare; FUN 1; Fungi; Mentha piperita; Thymus vulgaris; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FENNEL OIL; MENTHOL; THYME OIL; THYMOL; ZINGIBERENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FENNEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GINGER; HYMENOLEPIS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; STAINING; THYME;

EID: 84866913333     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102695X2012005000052     Document Type: Article

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