INHIBITION IN AFLATOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS BY THE EXTRACT OF AMORPHOPHALLUS-CAMPANULATUS (OL) AND CALCIUM-OXALATE

Authors
PRASAD G SAHAY SS MASOOD A
Citation
G. Prasad et al., INHIBITION IN AFLATOXIN BIOSYNTHESIS BY THE EXTRACT OF AMORPHOPHALLUS-CAMPANULATUS (OL) AND CALCIUM-OXALATE, Letters in applied microbiology, 18(4), 1994, pp. 203-205
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
203 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)18:4<203:IIABBT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A complete inhibition in aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus wa s observed with greater than 4.5 mg ml(-1) of 20 g 100 ml(-1) leaf ext ract of Amorphophallus campanulatus (OL). Suppression in growth was al so well pronounced (81% at 8.0 mg ml(-1)). The comparative efficacy of the corm of the plant was lower. Calcium oxalate, an important consti tuent of 'OL', completely checked the growth and toxin biosynthesis at 0.4 mg ml(-1) concentration.