Fungistatic properties of Essential Oil of Cinnamomum camphora

A. K. Mishra Herbal Pesticides Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India

Suresh K. Dwivedi Herbal Pesticides Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India

N. Kishore Herbal Pesticides Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India

N. K. Dubey Herbal Pesticides Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005, India

Abstract

During screening of essential oils, the oil of Cinnamomum camphora was found to possess mycostatic effect against Aspergillus flavus at 4000 ppm. Moreover the oil was found to be as potent as some synthetic preservatives commonly used in storage of food stuffs - viz. ceresan, copper oxychloride, dithane M-45 and thiovit.

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