Antifungal and anti-mycotoxigenic impact of eco-friendly extracts of wild stevia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 488-499

  Abdel Fattah, Shaaban Mostafa ^a   Badr, Ahmed Noah ^a   Seif, Ferial Abdel Hamid Abu ^b   Ali, Safaa Mohamed ^c   Hassan, Ramadan Ahmed ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c Faculty of Agriculture Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Antioxidants; Aqueous alcoholic extract; Food preservatives; Toxigenic fungi; Wild stevia

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALCOHOL; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEVIA REBAUDIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMYCOTOXIGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC50; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM FUNGICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 85056123677     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2018.488.499     Document Type: Article

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