Fungitoxic properties of Prunus persica oil

Mishra, A.K.; Dubey, N.K.

Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin 32(3-4): 91-93

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1935
PMID: 2131332
Document Number: 362095
In screening tests with leaves of 15 higher plants, those of peach completely inhibited mycelial growth of Aspergillus flavus. The active fraction was isolated as an essential oil, fungistatic at 0.1% and with a broad antifungal range. The oil was non-phytotoxic to seed germination and seedling growth of wheat.

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