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| Title: | Antifungal activity of essential oils against selected building fungi |
| Authors: | Verma, Rajesh K
Chaurasia, Leena
Kumar, Manisha |
| Keywords: | Antifungal
Building fungi
Essential oils
Minimum inhibition concentration |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)—A61K 36/00, A61P 31/10 |
| Abstract: | Fungi can cause damage to the structures,
decoration of buildings and are also responsible for their indoor air quality.
In this study, the antifungal activity of essential oils of selected plant
species, viz. Piper nigrum Linn., Ricinus communis Linn., Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) Loud., Syzygium
aromaticum (Linn.) Merrill &
Perry, Eucalyptus globulus Labill., Citrus aurantium Linn., C. limon (Linn.) Burm. f., Olea europaea Linn. and Mentha piperita Linn. were assayed for fungi toxicity against two
genus, viz. Aspergillus niger
and Geotrichum candidum. The highest and broadest activity was shown by
the essential oils of S. aromaticum,
C. limon, C. aurantium and M. piperita, while the oils of R. communis, C.
deodara and O. europaea demonstrated the lowest level of antifungal activity among the
oil tested as compared to standard drug,
Ketoconazole. The 5 ppm concentration of essential oils of S.
aromaticum, C. limon
and M. piperita completely inhibited
the mycelial growth of A. niger
and G. candidum to the same extent as 5 ppm of Ketoconazole. However,
the 5 ppm concentration of essential oil of C. aurantium completely inhibited
the mycelial growth of G. candidum at 10 ppm concentration to the same
extent as 5 ppm concentration of Ketoconazole in positive control. Knowledge
gained through this research may lead to find out the safer, biodegradable,
renewable, cheaper, target specific alternative of restricted fungicides for
fungi management in buildings.
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| Page(s): | 448-451 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(4) [December 2011]
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