ANALYSIS AND ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF EUCALYPTUS GOMPHOCEPHALA.DC. | ||||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 29, Issue 7, July 2004, Page 3963-3967 PDF (1.34 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2004.238686 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Madiha A. Hassan,1; M. A. EI-Mazaty2 | ||||
| 1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University. | ||||
| 2Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University.Mansoura, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The essential oil of the leaves of Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. ( Myrtaceae ) was isolated and subjected to GClMS analysis. Its constituents were identified by comparison of their retention times and mass spectra with literature records. Citronellal was found to be the dominant component representing about 81% of the oil. The antiviral activity of the oil was studied against two important plant viruses namely. cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) using the local lesions assay. The oil was found to have a significant inhibition of the infectivity of both viruses in concentrations as little as 100 ppm. | ||||
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