A fungitoxic principle from the leaves ofLawsonia inermis Lam.
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- specialia
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 34 (1), 51-52
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01921895
Abstract
During antifungal screening of higher plants, the leaves ofLawsonia inermis were found to exhibit strong fungitoxicity. On chemical investigation, the antifungal factor was found to be 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (Lawsone). The minimum effective dose against test organism was found to be 1000 ppm. Lawsone was found to exhibit fungicidal activity, wide fungitoxic spectrum and nonphytotoxicity.Keywords
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