Fungal diversity and contamination of some selected medicinal plants in South Africa
Oluwaseun Mary Oladeji,
Judith Zanele Phoku,
Oluwasola Abayomi Adelusi
et al.
Abstract:Indigenous medicinal plants have gained attention worldwide for their ability to cure different ailments. However, there are concerns over the contamination of these plants by fungal species, which produce mycotoxins. This study investigated 36 different medicinal plants purchased from Faraday Muthi Market, Johannesburg, South Africa for fungal contamination using macro- and microscopic approaches, and their identities were confirmed by molecular means. The fungal loads of the mycoflora recovered from the medi… Show more
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