PJB-1972-22
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.
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