M. Shimoni et al., ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF VOLATILE FRACTIONS OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM 4 AROMATIC WILD PLANTS IN ISRAEL, Journal of chemical ecology, 19(6), 1993, pp. 1129-1133
Essential oils were extracted from Majorana syriaca, Satureja thymbra,
Micromeria fruticosa, and Salvia triloba, and their volatile fraction
s were tested for their antifungal activity against the soil-borne pat
hogens Fusarium oxysporum and Macrophomina phaseolina and the foliar p
athogens Botrytis cinerea and Exserohilum turcicum. Results showed a f
ungistatic effect of 1, 2.5, and 5 mul of the various essential oils o
n fungal mycelium growth. The most significant effect was exerted by e
ssential oils extracted from M. syriaca, which inhibited the growth of
B. cinerea by 44% and of all the other fungi tested by 100%.