Antifungal Activity of Essential Oil and Plant-Derived Natural Compounds against IAspergillus flavus/I

• Published in: Antibiotics (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12
• Main Authors: Tian, Fei, Woo, So Young, Lee, Sang Yoo, Park, Su Been, Zheng, Yaxin, Chun, Hyang Sook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Antifungal agents; Contamination; Essences and essential oils industry; Food contamination; Food supply; Metabolites; Physiological aspects; Safety and security measures

Aspergillus flavus is a facultative parasite that contaminates several important food crops at both the pre- and post-harvest stages. Moreover, it is an opportunistic animal and human pathogen that causes aspergillosis diseases. A. flavus also produces the polyketide-derived carcinogenic and mutagen...