Antagonistic activity of Ocimum sanctum L. essential oil on growth and zearalenone production by Fusarium graminearum in maize grains

The present study was aimed to establish the antagonistic effects of Ocimum sanctum L. essential oil (OSEO) on growth and zearalenone (ZEA) production of Fusarium graminearum. GC-MS chemical profiling of OSEO revealed the existence of 43 compounds and the major compound was found to be eugenol (34.7...

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Main Authors: Naveen Kumar eKalagatur, Venkataramana eMudili, Chandra eNayak, Vijai Kumar eGupta, Gopalan eNatarajan, Murali Harishchandra eSreepathi, Batra Harsh eVardan, Venkata Lakshmana Rao ePutcha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00892/full