Beneficial effects of spices in food preservation and safety

D Gottardi, D Bukvicki, S Prasad, AK Tyagi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Spices have been used since ancient times. Although they have been employed mainly as
flavoring and coloring agents, their role in food safety and preservation have also been …

Vascular epiphytic medicinal plants as sources of therapeutic agents: Their ethnopharmacological uses, chemical composition, and biological activities

AS Nugraha, B Triatmoko, P Wangchuk, PA Keller - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
This is an extensive review on epiphytic plants that have been used traditionally as
medicines. It provides information on 185 epiphytes and their traditional medicinal uses …

In vitro biotechnological approaches on Vanilla planifolia Andrews: advancements and opportunities

S Gantait, S Kundu - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2017 - Springer
In vitro biotechnological advancement of Vanilla plays a major role in germplasm
conservation, genetic engineering, accelerated clonal multiplication and production of …

Vanilla-natural vs artificial: a review

S Vijayalakshmi, X Disalva… - Research Journal of …, 2019 - indianjournals.com
Natural and artificial flavours are identical. Natural flavours made by extracting chemicals
from natural ingredients, artificial flavours are made by creating the same chemical …

Fungal endophytes of Vanilla planifolia across Réunion Island: isolation, distribution and biotransformation

S Khoyratty, J Dupont, S Lacoste, TL Palama… - BMC Plant …, 2015 - Springer
Background The objective of the work was to characterize fungal endophytes from aerial
parts of Vanilla planifolia. Also, to establish their biotransformation abilities of flavor-related …

Anti-microbial efficacy of Vanilla planifolia leaf extract against common oral micro-biomes: A comparative study of two different antibiotic sensitivity tests

AK Kamath, I Nasim, NP Muralidharan… - Journal of Oral and …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Results: The ethanolic extracts of Vanilla planifolia on the agar plates showed considerable
anti-microbial activity in both the test methods against Staphylococcus aureus …

Anti-fungal activity of cold and hot water extracts of spices against fungal pathogens of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) in vitro

EP Touba, M Zakaria, E Tahereh - Microbial pathogenesis, 2012 - Elsevier
Crude extracts of seven spices, viz. cardamom, chilli, coriander, onion, garlic, ginger, and
galangale were made using cold water and hot water extraction and they were tested for …

Phytochemicals as inhibitors of Candida biofilm

J Shankar Raut… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Candida biofilm and associated infections is a serious threat to the large
population of immunocompromised patients. Biofilm growth on prosthetic devices or host …

[PDF][PDF] Pythium diseases, control and management strategies: a review

T Parveen, K Sharma - Int. J. Plant Anim. Environ. Sci, 2015 - Citeseer
Pythium species are morphologically polymorphic, physiologically unique and ecologically
versatile, which make them significant both theoretically and practically. They are ubiquitous …

In vitro effects of different fungicides (botanicals, chemicals, and bio-agents) on mycelial growth of Sclerotium rolfsii causing betel vine (Piper betle L) foot rot disease …

N Tanjila, S Islam, MS Akhter, MS Alam… - … of Phytopathology and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc causing foot rot disease which is one of the major limiting factor for
betelvine cultivation in Bangladesh. In this study, we have evaluated the antifungal activity of …