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Fig. 2.). In adddition, other non-volatiles such as mono, di
and triacylglycerides etc., which would not be dectected
under our GC conditions were presumably also present.
The % composition and antifungal activities were similar
to those reported for the C. ambrosioides essential oil
(EO) reported by us 3 .
Fig. 2. Reconstructed gas chromatogram obtained on analyses
of crude Chenopodium ambrosioides hexane extract
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Conclusions
The antifungal activities of the C. ambrosioides essential
oil 3 and hexane extract were very high and were attributed to
terpene-like compounds. We are now conducting studies to
isolate the active fraction of the hexane extract as well as
extend our studies to other common storage fungus.
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Brazilian
govt agencies (CAPES- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento
de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CNPq-Conselho Nacional
de Pesquisa and FAPEMIG- Fundação de Amparo de
Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais).
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