Antifungal and repellent activities of the essential oils from three aromatic herbs from western Himalaya

Abstract: In this investigation we examined the essential oils of three aromatic plants, Zanthoxylum armatum, Juniperus communis, and Dysphania ambrosioides, which are used by the local population of the western Himalayan region for medicinal purposes. These plants were studied for their antifungal, larvicidal and biting deterrent activities. Additionally, chemical compositions of the oils were determined by GC-MS and their odor evaluated. The main compounds were 2-undecanone (47.7%) and 1,8-cineol (20.5%) from Z. armatum and α-pinene (43.2%) and limonene (34.7%) from J. communis. p-Cymene (36.3%) and ascardiole (31.2%) were found as the main components of D. ambrosioides essential oil. Antifungal activity was evaluated against three Colletotrichum species. Dyspania ambrosioides oil showed the best activity against these strawberry anthracnose causing fungi. It also demonstrated biting deterrent activity against Aedes aegypti similar to DEET as positive control, whereas Z. armatum and J. communis were less effective against Colletotrichum and mosquitoes.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Antifungal and repellent activities of the essential oils from three aromatic herbs from western Himalaya ; volume:16 ; number:1 ; year:2018 ; pages:306-316 ; extent:11
Open chemistry ; 16, Heft 1 (2018), 306-316 (gesamt 11)

Creator
Stappen, Iris
Tabanca, Nurhayat
Ali, Abbas
Wanner, Jürgen
Lal, Brij
Jaitak, Vikas
Wedge, David E.
Kaul, Vijay K.
Schmidt, Erich
Jirovetz, Leopold

DOI
10.1515/chem-2018-0028
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410161559587.812966693843
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Stappen, Iris
  • Tabanca, Nurhayat
  • Ali, Abbas
  • Wanner, Jürgen
  • Lal, Brij
  • Jaitak, Vikas
  • Wedge, David E.
  • Kaul, Vijay K.
  • Schmidt, Erich
  • Jirovetz, Leopold

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