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Fungal diversity and contamination of some selected medicinal plants in South Africa

2024-07-16

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>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...

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Literature Corpus work: 43ae3215-5f0f-54a3-9f19-f11ab39e1956
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4563660/v1

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