Antifungal activities of the leaves of three Pistacia species grown in Turkey

• Published in: Fitoterapia Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 164 - 167
• Main Authors: Kordali, S, Cakir, A, Zengin, H, Duru, M.E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Antifungal activity; Antifungal Agents - administration & dosage; Antifungal Agents - pharmacology; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Fusarium sambucinum; General pharmacology; Humans; Medical sciences; Medicine, Traditional; Mitosporic Fungi - drug effects; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phythium ultimum; Phytotherapy; Pistacia; Pistacia species; Plant Extracts - administration & dosage; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - therapeutic use; Plant Leaves; Rhizoctania solani; Turkey; Asia; Turkey; Pistacia species; Antifungal activity; Phythium ultimum; Fusarium sambucinum; Rhizoctania solani; Phycomycetes; Pistacia vera; Medicinal plant; Fungi; Antifungal agent; Folk medicine; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Rhizoctonia solani; Fungi Imperfecti; Anacardiaceae; Thallophyta; Pharmacognosy; Plant leaf; In vitro; Pistacia; Biological activity; Pythium ultimum; Plant origin; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 0367-326X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(02)00320-9

The crude extracts obtained from the leaves of Pistacia vera, Pistacia terebinthus and Pistacia lentiscus were tested for antifungal activities against three pathogenic agricultural fungi, Phythium ultimum, Rhizoctania solani and Fusarium sambucinum. The extracts significantly inhibited the growth of P. ultimum and R. solani. However, the antifungal activity was not observed against F. sambucinum.