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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/23426| Title: | Efficacy of Euphorbia splendens and Leonotis nepetaefolia on aflatoxin producing fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus |
| Authors: | Abubacker, M N Ramanathan, R |
| Keywords: | Aflatoxin;Aspergillus flavus;Aspergillus parasiticus;Euphorbia splendens;Leonotis nepetaefolia;Fungi |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2003 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Efficacy of three different concentrations (5, 10 and 15 mg/ml) of dry flower powder of E. splendens and L. nepetaefolia was tested on the growth of aflatoxin-producing toxigenic strains of fungi A. flavus (NCBT 101) and A. parasiticus (NCBT 128) in Sabouraud dextrose agar medium (SDA). Maximum (75%) inhibition of growth of A. flavus was seen at 15 mg/ml concentration of E. splendens flower dry powder, while A. parasiticus showed 50% inhibition of growth at 10 and 15 mg/ml concentrations. Total inhibition (100%) of growth of A. flavus was seen at 10 and 15 mg/ml for L. nepetaefolia and maximum (75%) inhibition of growth was seen for A. parasiticus at 15 mg/ml concentration. Bioassay with groundnut seeds soaked with different concentrations of flower extract proved that both fungi were incapable of infecting the seeds at 10 and 15mg/ml of L. nepetaefolia flower extracts. |
| Page(s): | 1473-1475 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJEB Vol.41(12) [December 2003] |
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