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Efficacy of <i> Alternaria alternata </i> NMK1 Secondary Metabolites against some Seed-borne Fungi

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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AN AGRICULTURAL soil was used to isolate Alternaria alternata. It was molecularly identified and was given an accession number MN645469 at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and a strain identifier to be Alternaria alternata strain NMK1. Four fractions were collected from the acetic acid extract of its filtrate. Fraction no. 2 showed highest antioxidant activity (71 and 64%, at 200 and 150μg/mL) followed by the crude extract (60 % at 200μg/mL). Safety of using the extracted fractions was tested against the normal human amnion (WISH) cell line. Lowest cytotoxicity values were recorded for fraction no. 2 (19%) followed by the crude extract (28%) at 50μg/mL. Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium griseofulvum exhibited highest relative density percentages (28.4, 30.8 and 24.3%) on their respective isolation seeds; wheat, broad bean and kidney bean. Interestingly, fraction no. 2 caused 100% inhibition of these isolated fungal species at 100μg/mL. The minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) was estimated to be 50μg/mL against A. flavus and 40μg/mL for A. niger and P. griseofulvum. Generally, subjecting each of the tested isolates to fraction no. 2 led to damage in their DNA as shown by the comet assay. Gas chromatography- mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) profiling of fraction no. 2 showed 12 major compounds with diverse possible biological activities being antiinflammatory, insecticide, anticancer, antineoplastic antifungal, and antimicrobial.

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2020.21766.1425

Keywords

<i>Alternaria alternata</i>NMK1, antifungal activity, Comet assay, secondary metabolites, seed-borne fungi

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Neveen M.

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Khalil

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Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.

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neveen@sci.cu.edu.eg

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0000-0002-1875-894X

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R. S.

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Yousef

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Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.

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dr.raniasaber@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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60

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2

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16268

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2020-08-01

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2020-01-01

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2020-08-01

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537

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548

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0375-9237

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2357-0350

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Egyptian Journal of Botany

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https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/

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Efficacy of <i> Alternaria alternata </i> NMK1 Secondary Metabolites against some Seed-borne Fungi

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22 Jan 2023