effect of monoterpenes on lipid composition and sclerotial development of sclerotium cepivorum

LUCINI EI,; ZUNINO MP,; LOPEZ ML,; JULIO ALBERTO ZYGADLO

journal of phytophatology

blackwell

Lugar: Internacional; Año: 2006 vol. 154 p. 441 - 441

p align="left" class="BodyText2" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal;">When Sclerotium cepivorum Berk was grown in the presence of 1.2 l mL-1 of thymol or borneol (eight day old cultures), the saturated fatty acids content and the lipid peroxide were increased, concomitant with a increased of percentage of inhibition of sclerotial diameter and delay of sclerotial differentiation (hours). However, camphor, 1,8 cineole, linalool and menthol were partially able to inhibit and delay the sclerotial development. These results indicate that anti sclerotial actions of thymol or borneol may be related to generation lipid peroxides.