Mishra A K, Dubey N K
Herbal Pesticide Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1994 Apr;60(4):1101-5. doi: 10.1128/aem.60.4.1101-1105.1994.
During screening of essential oils for their antifungal activities against Aspergillus flavus, the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus was found to exhibit fungitoxicity. The MIC of the oil was found to be 1,000 ppm, at which it showed its fungistatic nature, wide fungitoxic spectrum, nonphytotoxic nature, and superiority over synthetic fungicides, i.e., Agrosan G. N., Thiride, Ceresan, Dithane M-45, Agrozim, Bavistin, Emison, Thiovit, wettable sulfur, and copper oxychloride. The fungitoxic potency of the oil remained unaltered for 7 months of storage and upon introduction of high doses of inoculum of the test fungus. It was thermostable in nature with treatment at 5 to 100 degrees C. These findings thus indicate the possibility of exploitation of the essential oil of C. citratus as an effective inhibitor of storage fungi.
在筛选香精油对黄曲霉的抗真菌活性时，发现柠檬香茅的香精油具有真菌毒性。该油的最低抑菌浓度为1000 ppm，在此浓度下它表现出抑菌特性、广泛的真菌毒性谱、无植物毒性特性以及优于合成杀菌剂，即克菌丹、代森锌、多福锌、代森锰锌、敌菌灵、多菌灵、乙霉威、福美双、可湿性硫磺和氢氧化铜。该油的真菌毒性效力在储存7个月以及引入高剂量测试真菌接种物后仍未改变。它在5至100摄氏度的温度处理下具有热稳定性。因此，这些发现表明利用柠檬香茅香精油作为储存真菌有效抑制剂的可能性。
