%0 Journal Article %T Antifungal activity of extracts and terpene constituents of aerial parts of Juniperus Lucayana %A Ortiz N¨²£¿ez %A Yarelis %A Spengler Salabarria %A Iraida %A Collado %A Isidro G. %A Hern¨¢ndez-Gal¨¢n %A Rosario %J Revista latinoamericana de qu¨ªmica %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X ethanolic and hexane extracts from the aerial parts of juniperus lucayana were assayed against the phytopathogenic fungus botrytis cin¨¦rea by the poisoned food technique. the hexane extract showed to have a higher antifungal activity than ethanolic extract. fractionation of hexane extract by silica gel open column chromatography and hplc afforded seven known compounds sandaracopimaric acid (1), 4-epi-dehydroabietic acid (2), oplopanone (3), oplodiol (4), nephtediol (5), 7¦Á-hydroxycallitrisic acid (6), and 7-oxocallitrisic acid (7). compound 1 showed a significative fungal growth inhibition during the assay. the effect of compounds 2-7 on spore germination fungus was also studied. %K juniperus lucayana %K terpenoids %K antifungal activity %K botrytis cinerea %K growth inhibition %K spore germination. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-59432010000300002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en