30Sep 2019

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TEA TREE ESSENTIAL OILS (MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA) AGAINST PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI.

  • Department of Biotechnology, Research Institute for Oil and Oil Plants - IOOP, Ministy for Industry and Trade, 171 - 175 Ham Nghi street, Nguyen Thai Binh ward, district 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
  • Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Research Center of Ginseng and Medicinal Materials, National Institute of Medicinal Materials (NIMM), 41 Dinh Tien Hoang street, Ben Nghe ward, district 1, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
  • Department of Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering Faculty, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet street, district 10, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
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The chemical composition and plant pathogenic antifungal activity of tea tree essential oils (Melaleuca alternifolia) collected in Long An, Vietnam was surveyed. By gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS), the main chemical composition in tea tree essential oils was identified to be eucalyptol with a concentration of 31.54%. Plant antifungal activity of tea tree essential oils was evaluated with many kinds of dissolvent to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The results showed that tea tree essential oils had the ability to inhibit the growth of five phytopathogenic fungal strains: Aspergillus niger, Corynespora cassiicola, Colletotrichum sp., Fusarium oxysporum and Pyricularia oryzae with the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were in the range of 6 ? 8 μL mL-1.

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[Thanh Khang LE, Thi Thu Huong Nguyen and Thi Thuy Tien LE. (2019); ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF TEA TREE ESSENTIAL OILS (MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA) AGAINST PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Sep). 1239-1248] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9778      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9778

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