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. 1978 Jan 15;34(1):51-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF01921895.

A fungitoxic principle from the leaves of lawsonia inermis lam

R D Tripathi, H S Srivastava, S N Dixit

A fungitoxic principle from the leaves of lawsonia inermis lam

R D Tripathi et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

During antifungal screening of higher plants, the leaves of Lawsonia 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.

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