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KMID : 0379119800080010001
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Korean Journal of Mycology
1980 Volume.8 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.5
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A Study of Antifungal Activity with Polygonum aviculare Linne
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Abstract
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This study was undertaken to investigate the antifungal activity of the water extract of Polygonum aviculare Linne in vitro. Some of the purely isolated strains of dermatophytes were inoculated on Sabouraud´s dextrose agar medium containing different concentrations of the Polygonum extracts and their growth was observed for about two weeks at room temperature. Then we measured the sizes of fungal colony grown in various conditions and compared them with those of Sabouraud´s medium as control to determine fungistatic effectiveness of the extract. For additional study, slide cultures on Sabouraud´s dextrose medium and Sabouraud´s media containing 3㎖/10㎖ extract were performed with Epidermophyton floccosum to observe the growth of hyphae, sporulation and other mycological Endings. 1. The growth of Epidermophyton floccosum was completely inhibited in the media containing 3㎖/10㎖ Polygonum extract.
2. Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsforum canis were completely inhibited in several strains of each specimen and a moderate inhibitory effect was observed in all of another strains in the media containing the 3㎖/10㎖ extract. 3. In the slide culture of Epidormophyton floccosum the hypha was thin and more desiccated. The characteristic macroeonidia formation was not observed on the media containing 3㎖/10㎖ Polygonoim extract as compared with those findings of Sabouraud´s dextrose control medium.
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