Preliminary study on antifungal activity of pyroligneous acid from Rhizophora Apiculata / Noor Amira Muhammad, Saiyidah Nafisah Hashim and Siti Nur Azmu’i Abdullah

• Main Authors: Muhammad, Noor Amira, Hashim, Saiyidah Nafisah, Abdullah, Siti Nur Azmu’i
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2017
• Subjects: Mangrove forests; QR Microbiology; Fungal antigens
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29449/1/29449.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29449/; https://nsembilan.uitm.edu.my/joacns/

Pyroligneous acid is the name of the crude condensate produced from the distillation of smoke generated in the process of charcoal making. The antifungal activity of Rhizophora apiculata pyroligneous acid was evaluated. Pathogenic fungi was firstly taken from the infected leaves of untreated chilli...