Journal article
Ultraviolet induction of antifungal activity in plants.
- Schumpp O Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, Nyon, Switzerland. olivier.schumpp@acw.admin.ch
- Bruderhofer N
- Monod M
- Wolfender JL
- Gindro K
- 2012-04-19
Published in:
- Mycoses. - 2012
Antifungal Agents
Fusariosis
Fusarium
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plant Extracts
Plants
Ultraviolet Rays
English
Ultraviolet-C irradiation as a method to induce the production of plant compounds with antifungal properties was investigated in the leaves of 18 plant species. A susceptibility assay to determine the antifungal susceptibility of filamentous fungi was developed based on an agar dilution series in microtiter plates. UV irradiation strongly induced antifungal properties in five species against a clinical Fusarium solani strain that was responsible for an onychomycosis case that was resistant to classic pharmacological treatment. The antifungal properties of three additional plant species were either unaffected or reduced by UV-C irradiation. This study demonstrates that UV-C irradiation is an effective means of modulating the antifungal activity of very diverse plants from a screening perspective.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2012.02192.x
- PMID 22509892
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/279070
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