| Literature DB >> 19909781 |
Ashok Kumar1, Ravindra Shukla, Priyanka Singh, Nawal Kishore Dubey.
Abstract
The study deals with the efficacy of Ocimum sanctum essential oil (EO) and its major component, eugenol against the fungi causing biodeterioration of food stuffs during storage. O. sanctum EO and eugenol were found efficacious in checking growth of Aspergillus flavus NKDHV8; and, their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were recorded as 0.3 and 0.2 microl ml(-1), respectively. The O. sanctum EO and eugenol also inhibited the aflatoxin B1 production completely at 0.2 and 0.1 microl ml(-1), respectively. Both of these were found superior over some prevalent synthetic antifungals and exhibited broad fungitoxic spectrum against 12 commonly occurring fungi. The LD50 value of O. sanctum EO on mice was found to be 4571.43 microl kg(-1) suggesting its non-mammalian toxic nature. The findings of present study reveals the possible exploitation of O. sanctum EO and eugenol as plant based safe preservatives against fungal spoilage of food stuffs during storage. Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19909781 DOI： 10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Chem Toxicol ISSN： 0278-6915 Impact factor: 6.023