Volatile metabolites from Salvia fruticosa as antifungal agents in soilborne pathogens.
The volatile metabolites of Salvia fruticosa plants, growing wild in 15 localities scattered across Greece, were analyzed by means of GC and GC-MS. The essential oil content ranged from 0.69 to 4.68%, and the results of the analyses showed a noticeable variation in the amounts of the five main components [1,8-cineole, alpha-thujone, beta-thujone, camphor, and (E)-caryophyllene]. The antifungal activities of the essential oils from two localities, belonging in two different groups of cluster and principal component analysis, and their main components (1,8-cineole and camphor) were evaluated in vitro against five phytopathogenic fungi. Both oils were slightly effective against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi and Fusarium proliferatum, whereas against Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae the oils exhibited high antifungal activities.
Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 157 71 Athens, Greece.
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Pitarokili
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D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D002164:Camphor / Q000032:analysis; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000032:analysis; D000077591:Eucalyptol; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000032:analysis; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000032:analysis; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis
D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D002164:Camphor; C005790:beta-thujone; C024714:caryophyllene; D000077591:Eucalyptol