ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ANACARDIC ACID, A NATURALLY-OCCURRING DERIVATIVE OF SALICYLIC-ACID

Authors
PRITHIVIRAJ B MANICKAM M SINGH UP RAY AB
Citation
B. Prithiviraj et al., ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF ANACARDIC ACID, A NATURALLY-OCCURRING DERIVATIVE OF SALICYLIC-ACID, Canadian journal of botany, 75(1), 1997, pp. 207-211
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Canadian journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084026
Volume
75
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
207 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4026(1997)75:1<207:AAOAAA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The antifungal activity of anacardic acid and two of its derivatives w as tested against some plant pathogenic fungi and the inhibitory effec t was compared with that of salicylic acid. Anacardic acid was found t o be most effective and it inhibited Colletotrichum capsici spore germ ination at 125-150 mu g mL(-1). The results suggest that salicylic aci d with appropriate structural modifications may prove to be a superior antifungal agent and can be utilized in controlling certain plant dis eases under field conditions.