Antifungal Activities of Chelidonium majus Extract on Botrytis cinerea in vitro and Ultrastructural Changes in its Conidia |
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| Authors: | Marcel,Pâ rvu ,Alina Elena, Pâ rvu ,Constantin,Cr&# ciun ,Lucian,Barbu-Tudoran Mircea,T&# ma&# |
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| Affiliation: | Authors' addresses: Department of Biology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, 42 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;;Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3 Victor Babes Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;;Center for Electron Microscopy, Babes-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;;Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 12 Ion Creanga Street, 400010 Cluj-Napoca, Romania (correspondence to M. Pârvu. E-mail: ) |
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| Abstract: | The extract from the aboveground parts of Chelidonium majus reduced the mycelial growth of Botrytis cinerea on Czapek agar medium. In minimum fungicidal concentration (60 μ l/ml), the extract induced irreversible ultrastructural changes in B. cinerea conidia. |
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| Keywords: | antifungal activity celadine alkaloids minimal fungicidal concentration scanning electron microscopy (SEM) transmission electron microscopy (TEM) |
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