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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2017 , Volume 5, Issue 5
Page No. : 1-9
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5899

Antimycotic Activity of Essential Oil of Rosemarinus officinalis on Asexual Reproductive Stages of Foodstuff Fungi

Mujeeb ur Rahman^1*, Shereen Gul², Mohammad Arsalan³, Mohammad Ajmal¹, Adeela Anwar¹

¹PCSIR Laboratories, Quetta, Pakistan
²Department of Botany, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
³Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
^*Corresponding Author E-mail: mujeeb.butt@hotmail.com
Received: 15.09.2017 | Revised: 20.10.2017 | Accepted: 23.10.2017

ABSTRACT

Essential oil of Rosemarinus officinalis was obtained by hydro distillation. The essential oil inhibited all three asexual reproductive stages of A. niger, A. flavus and A. awamori. Antifungal drug myconazole was used for comparison with the essential oil. The efficacy of essential oil varies with the Aspergillus sp. and asexual reproductive stage. At spore germination and sporulation A. awamori and mycelium growth A. flavus was found to be most sensitive against essential oil. Spore lysis was detected for all the species. Irreversible spore germination and sporulation inhibition was also observed. The effectiveness of higher concentration of essential oil was comparable with myconazole. Rosemary oil for its observed antifungal activities can be used as antimycotic additive to food stuff.
Keywords: Essential oil, Rosemarinus officinalis, Antimycotic, Aspergillus sp., Asexual reproduction, Spore lysis.

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Cite this article:

Rahman, M. Ur., Gul, S., Arsalan, M., Ajmal, M. and Adeela, A., Antimycotic Activity of Essential Oil of Rosemarinus officinalis on Asexual Reproductive Stages of Foodstuff Fungi, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5(5): 1-9 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5899

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