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INHIBITION OF CERTAIN HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGI BY STACHYBOTRYS ATRA
Zahid Latif
Butt and Abdul Ghaffar
Abstract:
With the increasing recognition of fungi as disease causing organisms of
man and animal, surveys of soil fungi as sources of new antimycotic
agents have been made (Brian, 1951; Broadbent, 1966; Blunt & Baker,
1968). The efficacy of griseofulvin, a metabolic product of
Penicillium nigricans, P. urticae
and
P. raistrickii,
as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of dermatomycosis is well known
(Brian, 1960). Considering the inhibitory effects of
Stachybotrys atra,
a dematiaceous fungus and a common soil inhabitant, towards a number of
soil micro-organisms, an experiment was carried out to see its effects
on certain human pathogenic fungi.
Department of Botany,
University of Karachi
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