Efficacy of extract and essential oil of Lantana indica Roxb. against food contaminating moulds and aflatoxin B 1 production

• Published in: International journal of food science & technology Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 179 - 185
• Main Authors: Kumar, Ashok, Shukla, Ravindra, Singh, Priyanka, Anuradha, , Dubey, Nawal K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2010

Abstract The study investigates the antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic efficacy of Lantana indica against Aspergillus flavus , a key storage fungus. The leaf essential oil of L. indica was found more active than leaf extracts. The oil absolutely inhibited the growth of A. flavus at 1.5 mg mL −1 while...