Detoxification of essential oil components (citral and menthol) by Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus stolonifer.

Moleyar, V. and Narasimham, P. (1987) Detoxification of essential oil components (citral and menthol) by Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus stolonifer. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 39 (3). 239-246, 18 ref..

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Abstract

Antifungal activity of citral and menthol towards Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus stolonifer was studied using shake cultures. Magnitude of essential oil antifungal activity depended on inoculum density, and nature of the growth inhibition depended on essential oil concn. i.e. spore germination was either delayed, failed but could be activated by transfer to fresh medium, or failed and could not be activated by transfer to fresh medium. Citral and menthol concn. in the medium decreased with time after inoculation so that fungi growth resumed. Thus the fungi either degraded or detoxified the essential oils. This could be a major factor limiting the efficiency of such fungitoxicants in food preservation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	INHIBITION-; Aspergillus niger, essential oils inhibition of; Rhizopus stolonifer, essential oils inhibition of; ESSENTIAL-OILS; ASPERGILLUS-; essential oils inhibition of Aspergillus niger; RHIZOPUS-; essential oils inhibition of Rhizopus stolonifer
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 04 Fungi 600 Technology > 09 Industrial oils, fats, waxes, gases > 03 Essential oils
Divisions:	Fruit and Vegetable Technology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	26 May 2016 07:16
Last Modified:	26 May 2016 07:16
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/6436

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