Antifungal activity of essential oil isolated from Ocimum gratissimum L. (eugenol chemotype) against phytopathogenic fungi

An investigation of antifungal activity of the essential oil obtained by steam-distillation (1.1% w/w) of the aerial parts of Ocimum gratissimum and of an ethanolic extract from the steam-distillation residue was carried out using the agar diffusion method. The results revealed that the essential oi...

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Main Authors: Terezinha de Jesus Faria, Rafael Sottero Ferreira, Lidiane Yassumoto, José Roberto Pinto de Souza, Noemia Kazue Ishikawa, Aneli de Melo Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-11-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000700002