November 2015

Extraction of essential oil from inflorescences of Dysphania ambrosioides and its activity against Botrytis cinerea

Essential oils are natural complex substances biosynthesized by plants, and many of them have antimicrobial properties. Dysphania ambrosioides is a medicinal plant traditionally used as an anthelmintic medicine. In this study, the antifungal activity of D. ambrosioides essential oil was tested against Botrytis cinerea, which is responsible for large economic losses in the post-harvest of roses. Inflorescences of D....

Author(s): Juliana Pace Salimena, Fernando Pereira Monteiro, Paulo Estevão de Souza, and Jorge Teodoro de Souza