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ArticleCurrent microbiology2021

Evaluating the Antifungal Activity of α-Bisabolol in Association with NaCl on Fusarium oxysporum in Maize Grains.

César A C de Medeiros, Ânderson de V Pinto, Josenildo C de Oliveira, Gezaíldo S Silva, Juliana M M Arrua, Igara O Lima, Fillipe de O Pereira

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Article in Current microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

César A C de MedeirosNatural and Bioactive Synthetic Products, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Ânderson de V PintoBiochemistry Laboratory, Academic Health Unit, Education and Health Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Olho D`Água da Bica, Cuité, Paraíba, 58175-000, Brazil.
Josenildo C de OliveiraBiochemistry Laboratory, Academic Health Unit, Education and Health Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Olho D`Água da Bica, Cuité, Paraíba, 58175-000, Brazil.
Gezaíldo S SilvaFood Science and Technology, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Juliana M M ArruaBiotechnology Laboratory, Multidisciplinary Center for Technological Investigations, Directorate General for Scientific and Technological Research, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
Igara O LimaNatural Sciences and Biotechnology, Education and Health Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Cuité, Paraíba, Brazil.
Fillipe de O PereiraBiochemistry Laboratory, Academic Health Unit, Education and Health Center, Federal University of Campina Grande, Olho D`Água da Bica, Cuité, Paraíba, 58175-000, Brazil. fillipeopereira@ufcg.edu.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3081-4174
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande · BRUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BRUniversidad Nacional de Asunción · PY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fusarium infections result in reduced maize grain (Zea mays L.) yields and notable impacts on human and animal health. Research involving natural products to control fungi in food is a promising alternative. Combinations of α-bisabolol (AB) and sodium chloride (NaCl) may suggest the use of lower effective concentrations of the drugs. This study aimed to evaluate the antifungal potential of AB associated with NaCl against Fusarium oxysporum strains isolated from maize. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) values of AB and NaCl were determined by microdilution, and an association study was performed (checkerboard). Effects on fungal mycelial growth (poisoned substrate technique) and a maize grain contamination model were analyzed. AB presented MIC values ranging from 128 and 1024 μg/mL; NaCl inhibited fungal growth at 16,384 μg/mL. The AB/NaCl association study revealed synergism by decreasing inhibitory concentrations by eight times. In corn kernels, AB and NaCl, whether isolated (at MIC) or in association (at sub-inhibitory concentrations), significantly inhibited in vitro mycelial growth (P < 0.05). Further analysis of liquid from a canned maize sample also revealed the fungistatic effects of the compounds associations (P < 0.05). The results confirm the antifungal potential of AB, whether isolated or in association with NaCl to control F. oxysporum in maize.

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FusariumAntifungal AgentsHumansMonocyclic SesquiterpenesSodium ChlorideZea maysAntifungal AgentsbisabololMonocyclic SesquiterpenesSodium Chloride

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