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Antifungal Evaluation of the Essential Oil of Cymbopogon pendulus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats. cv. Praman
Author(s) -
Pandey Mahesh Chandra,
Sharma J. R.,
Dikshit Anupam
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1026(199607)11:4<257::aid-ffj576>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - mycelium , microsporum gypseum , fungicide , chemistry , minimum inhibitory concentration , trichophyton , botany , antifungal , dermatophyte , essential oil , horticulture , traditional medicine , food science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , organic chemistry , medicine
During screening of some aromatic plants for fungitoxicity of their volatile oils, Cymbopogon pendulus (Nees ex Steud.) Wats. cv. Praman exhibited the strongest activity, completely inhibiting the mycelial growth of the test fungi Microsporum gypseum (Bodin) Guiart and Grigoraki and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (Robin.) Blanchard. The volatile oil distilled from the fresh leaves was found to be fungicidal at its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 200 μg/ml, inhibiting heavy inocula of the test fungi. During testing of its fungitoxic spectrum, it also inhibited mycelial growth of three other fungi and was found to be more active than some commercial drugs tested.