Effects of Medicinal Plant Extracts and Photosensitization on Aflatoxin Producing (Raper and Fennell).

This study was undertaken with an aim of exploring the effectiveness of medicinal plant extracts in the control of aflatoxin production. Antifungal properties, photosensitization, and phytochemical composition of aqueous and organic extracts of fruits from , bark from and leaves from , , and were tested. Spores from four-day-old cultures of previously identified toxigenic fungi, UONV017 and UONV003, were used.