title: Effect of some spices as preservatives for storage of lentil (Lens esculenta L.) seeds.
abstract: The high antimycotic activity of four kinds of spices, viz, Chinese cassia, cinnamon, clove and thyme, were tested as preservatives for agricultural commodities. Clove, thyme and a mixture of the four kinds of spice completely inhibited aflatoxin production on lentil seeds during eight weeks of incubation. Chinese cassia and cinnamon partially inhibited the aflatoxin production.
authors.affiliation: Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: El-Maraghy
mesh_terms: D016604:Aflatoxin B1 / Q000032:analysis; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002366:Cassia; D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012639:Seeds / Q000382:microbiology; D017365:Spices
chemical_list: D000348:Aflatoxins; D005520:Food Preservatives; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D016604:Aflatoxin B1