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Antifungal activity of Aloe vera leaves.

Rosca-Casian O, Parvu M, Vlase L, Tamas M

Department of Biology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, 42 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. casioana@yahoo.com

Aloe vera fresh leaves hydroalcoholic plant extract was tested against the mycelial growth of Botrytis gladiolorum, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli, Heterosporium pruneti and Penicillium gladioli on Czapek-agar medium. The minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) varied between 80 and 100 microl/ml, depending on the fungal species.

Published 16 April 2007 in Fitoterapia, 78(3): 219-22.
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