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Antiaflatoxigenic activity of Carum copticum essential oil

Plants are unique sources of useful metabolites. Plant essential oils display a wide range of antimicrobial effects against various pathogens. Here, we studied the essential oil from the seeds of Carum copticum. We monitored aflatoxin by high-performance liquid chromatography. Results show that Caru...

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Autores principales: Kahkha, Mohammad Reza Rezaei, Amanloo, Saeed, Kaykhaii, Massoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24563645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-013-0439-x
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description Plants are unique sources of useful metabolites. Plant essential oils display a wide range of antimicrobial effects against various pathogens. Here, we studied the essential oil from the seeds of Carum copticum. We monitored aflatoxin by high-performance liquid chromatography. Results show that Carum copticum essential oil inhibits Asergillus parasiticus growth and prevents aflatoxin production. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) is 127.5 μg mL(−1) for aflatoxin B(1) and 23.22 μg mL(−1) for aflatoxin G(1). Our findings show that Carum copticum essential oil is a potential candidate for the protection of foodstuff and feeds from toxigenic fungus growth and their subsequent aflatoxin contamination.
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spelling pubmed-39214642014-02-19 Antiaflatoxigenic activity of Carum copticum essential oil Kahkha, Mohammad Reza Rezaei Amanloo, Saeed Kaykhaii, Massoud Environ Chem Lett Original Paper Plants are unique sources of useful metabolites. Plant essential oils display a wide range of antimicrobial effects against various pathogens. Here, we studied the essential oil from the seeds of Carum copticum. We monitored aflatoxin by high-performance liquid chromatography. Results show that Carum copticum essential oil inhibits Asergillus parasiticus growth and prevents aflatoxin production. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) is 127.5 μg mL(−1) for aflatoxin B(1) and 23.22 μg mL(−1) for aflatoxin G(1). Our findings show that Carum copticum essential oil is a potential candidate for the protection of foodstuff and feeds from toxigenic fungus growth and their subsequent aflatoxin contamination. Springer International Publishing 2013-10-06 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3921464/ /pubmed/24563645 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-013-0439-x Text en © The Author(s) 2013 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921464/
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