Illicium verum essential oil, a potential natural fumigant in preservation of lotus seeds from fungal contamination.
Antifungal activity
Aspergillus flavus
Illicium verum essential oil
Lotus seed
Natural fumigant
Journal
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
ISSN: 1873-6351
Titre abrégé: Food Chem Toxicol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8207483
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
15
11
2019
revised:
27
02
2020
accepted:
09
04
2020
pubmed:
23
4
2020
medline:
20
2
2021
entrez:
23
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The antifungal properties of Illicium verum essential oil (IV-EO) against a toxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) were analyzed in order to determine its use in the preservation of lotus seeds. GC/MS analysis of IV-EO revealed that its main components are trans-anethole (91.32%), D-Limonene (2.0%) and estragole (2.0%). The antifungal activity of IV-EO against A. flavus infection was analyzed in vitro upon A. flavus with the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) determined to be 2.0 and 4.0 μL/mL, respectively. IV-EO exhibited strong inhibitory effects on the mycelial growth and spore production of A. flavus, and caused a significant reduction in dry mycelium weight and aflatoxin B
Identifiants
pubmed: 32320716
pii: S0278-6915(20)30235-0
doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111347
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antifungal Agents
0
Oils, Volatile
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111347Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.