Antifungal evaluation of Ocimum sanctum essential oil against fungal deterioration of raw materials of Rauvolfia serpentina during storage

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-35

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Dubey, Nawal Kishore ^a   Srivastava, Sharad ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Ajmaline; Antifungal; HPTLC; Ocimum sanctum; Rauvolfia serpentina

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B; AJMALINE; ANTI-FUNGAL; HPTLC; OCIMUM SANCTUM; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; DISTILLATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ALKALOID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; DICOTYLEDON; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGUS; INHIBITOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

EID: 84871735627     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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