Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy (생약학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 3
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- Pages.112-118
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- 1979
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- 0253-3073(pISSN)
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- 2288-9299(eISSN)
Distribution of Fungi in Market Herbal Drugs
시판생약(市販生藥)의 진균분포(眞菌分布)에 관한 연구(硏究)
- Yong, Mahn-Joong (Seoul Metro. Gov. Institute of Public Health) ;
- Choi, Byung-Hyun (Seoul Metro. Gov. Institute of Public Health) ;
- Park, Jae-Joo (Seoul Metro. Gov. Institute of Public Health) ;
- Lee, Bae-Ham (Inst.of Appl. Microbiology, Kon-kuk University)
- Published : 1979.09.15
Abstract
21 herbal drugs registered in K.P. III were tested for contamination of fungi and isolation of aflatoxin producible strains. Initially contaminated fungi were Aspergillus group (41.28%) and Penicillium (47.26%) and the other fungi were contaminated somewhat. The most frequent isolation of Aspergillus group was Cnidii Rhizoma and that of Penicillium was Piperis Fructus nigri. Cnidii Rhizoma was the most contaminated drug and Cassiae Cortex was the least among them. Aspergillus flavus was isolated from 10 samples and Aspergillus parasiticus was detected in Glycyrrhizae Radix, Phellodendri Cortex. Aspergillus ochraceus was isolated from only Scutelariae Radix, and Fusarium nivale was isolated from Cnidii Rhizoma and Torreya Semen. None of Aspergillus and Penicillium was detected in only Coptidis Rhizoma. No strains of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus isolated from were produced aflatoxin.
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