A fungitoxic principle from the leaves of lawsonia inermis lam

  • Experientia. 1978 Jan 15;34(1):51-2. doi: 10.1007/BF01921895.
R D Tripathi ,  H S Srivastava ,  S N Dixit
PMID: 620734 DOI: 10.1007/BF01921895
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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