SCREENING OF CYANOBACTERIAL BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AGAINST HUMAN PATHOGENS

Authors
DECAIRE GZ DECANO MMS DEMULE MCZ DEHALPERIN DR
Citation
Gz. Decaire et al., SCREENING OF CYANOBACTERIAL BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AGAINST HUMAN PATHOGENS, Phyton, 54(1), 1993, pp. 59-65
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phyton → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319457
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9457(1993)54:1<59:SOCBCA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The culture media (extracellular products) of 36 strains of Cyanobacte ria belonging to Nostocaceae, Microchaetaceae and Scytonemataceae isol ated from Argentine paddy fields were tested against Staphylococcus au reus and Candida albicans. 20 strains inhibit S.aureus growth and 12 C .albicans; only 5 inhibit growth of both human pathogens.