title: Antifungal activity of some essential oils.
abstract: Thirteen essential oils recovered by steam distillation from Indian herbs were analyzed for their chemical compositions using GC and GCMS. The antifungal activity against plant and Food mold rot were examined in vitro using poison food technique. The essential oil from cymbopogan exhibited control over all the plant and food mold rot tested. The bioactive compound in the oil and its minimum inhibitory concentration were determined using TLC bioautography.
authors.affiliation: T. R. Govindachari Centre for Natural Products, SPIC Science Foundation 88, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032, India.
authors.forename: Soundharrajan Radhakrishanan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.forename: R Velusamy
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Rajagopal
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajavel
authors.forename: Selladurai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masilamani
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000187:drug effects; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D020231:Colletotrichum / Q000187:drug effects; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010938:Plant Oils