Abstract
Antifungal activities of 43 different plant oils were evaluated against different phytopathogenic fungi. Thyme oil showed highest antifungal activity among the tested oils. The major of thyme oil were found to be thymol, carvacrol, bomeol, p-cymene and linalool. Thymol and carvacrol were found to be responsible for thyme's antifungal activity. The spore germination assay was conducted on Alternaria mail and Botrytis cinerea. Thymol and carvacrol strongly inhibited spore germination in the fungi test. In addition, thymol and carvacrol showed a curative effectiveness to gray mold disease on cucumber crop. The antifungal activities of alkylphenol and alkylaniline compounds, which has similar molecular structure to that of thymol or cavacrol, were also tested. It was found that alkylphenol compounds also show higher inhibition to spore germination. Thus, thymol, carvacrol and alkylphenol compounds can be used an potent antifungal agents.
43종의 식물오일들을 대상으로 잿빛곰팡이병균 (Botrytis cinerea) 외 9종의 식물병원균에 대한 살균 효과로 이들의 생리활성 검증을 실시하였다. 이 중 thyme 오일이 잿빛곰팡이병균(Botrytis cinerea), 잎집무늬 마름병균(Rhizoctonia solani), 고추역병균(Phytophthora capsici), 고추탄저병균(Glomerella cingulate), 사과점무늬 낙엽병균(Alternaria mali)과 벼도열병균(Magnaporthe grisea)에서 광범위하게 살균효과를 나타내었다. Thyme 오일의 주성분을 GC/MS로 분석한 결과 thymol, carvacrol, borneol, linalool과 p-cymene임을 확인하였다. 이 중 thymol과 carvacrol이 높은 살균활성을 나타내었다. 한편, 식물병원균에 대한 살균활성관련 작용기작을 실험한 결과, 잿빛곰팡이병균(Botrytis cinerea), 잎집무늬마름병균(Rhizoctonia solani)과 사과점무늬낙엽병균(Alternaria mali)의 포자발아를 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. Thymol과 carvacrol은 in vivo에서 잿빛곰팡이병균(Botrytis cinerea)과 잎집무늬마름병균(Rhizoctonia solani)에 대하여 높은 예방효과를 나타내었으며, thymol, carvacrol의 유사구조를 갖는 alkylphenol계 화합물들도 살균활성이 있음을 검정하였다.