Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 63 No. 2, 2004.
Original scientific paper
Purification of antifungal protein against blister bark pathogen of Casuarina equisetifolia J. R. Forster et G. Forster
M. Ghosh
D. Thangamani
M. Thapliyal
R. Yasodha
K. Gurumurthi
Abstract
Aprotein extract from the leaves of Andrographis paniculata (Acanthaceae) was found to inhibit the spore germination and hyphal extension of Trichosporium vesiculosum, the blister bark pathogen of Casuarina equisetifolia. The antifungal protein component was further purified from the crude extract and the molecular mass of the toxic protein was estimated to be 39.5 kDa.
Keywords
Andrographis paniculata; Casuarina equisetifolia; Trichosporium vesiculosum; antifungal protein; spore; germination; hyphae
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Publication date:
15.10.2004.
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