Screening of some Philippine medicinal plants for aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Quiat, Jonas T.
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Animo Repository 1989
• الموضوعات: Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; Phytotoxins; Medicinal plants > Philippines
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1239
• المؤسسة: De La Salle University

Commonly-used medicinal plants sold in Quiapo, Manila were screened for contamination with aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus. Of the 40 medicinal plants screened, only two showed contamination by A. flavus. These plants are Premna odorata (alagaw) and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (gumamela). The A. f...