Distribution of Fungi in Market Herbal Drugs

시판생약(市販生藥)의 진균분포(眞菌分布)에 관한 연구(硏究)

  • 용만중 (서울특별시보건연구소) ;
  • 최병현 (서울특별시보건연구소) ;
  • 박재주 (서울특별시보건연구소) ;
  • 이배함 (건국대학교 응용과학연구소)
  • 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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