Research Article

Use of Selected Essential Oils to Control Aflatoxin Contaminated Stored Cashew and Detection of Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Gene

Table 7

Effect of five essential oils at 4% on aflatoxin B (μg/mL) produced by A. parasiticus isolated cashews.

Isolates codeControlCinnamon% inhibitionGarlic% inhibitionMint% inhibitionRosemary% inhibitionThyme% inhibition
B1B2B1B2B1B2B1B2B1B2B1B2

RC1028.95.610.1070.716.24.240.814.41.853.015.12.648.712.31.260.8
DC539.25.213.5069.620.13.746.415.53.557.717.33.154.110.02.671.6
AC107.04.73.10.7367.34.31.847.93.71.852.93.11.659.83.21.361.5