Journal
CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 582-594Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2018.1462345
Keywords
Natural fungicide; enhancing antifungal activity; synergistic action; celandine alkaloids
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This study discusses the similarities and differences between the antifungal activity of Chelidonium majus L.extracts and chelerythrine/sanguinarine, the main alkaloids in these extracts, against the plant pathogenic fungus, Botrytis cinerea. The obtained data show that the Ch. majus L.extracts inhibit the growth of B.cinerea very effectively. The extracts activity is significantly greater than that of chelerythrine/sanguinarine standard solutions alone and it does not always reflect the total content of alkaloids in the extracts. It has been proved that B.cinerea exhibits very diverse resistance to chelerythrine and sanguinarine. The IC50 values for chelerythrine and sanguinarine equal 5.41mg/mL and 1.76mg/mL, respectively. In the mixture the antifungal activity of chelerythrine and sanguinarine is antagonistic in the concentration dependent way. Based on the presented data it is not clear, however, which alkaloids present in the Ch, majus extracts at significantly lower concentration levels enhance the activity of chelerythrine and sanguinarine so that the extracts activity is considerably greater than that of both main alkaloids mixtures.
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