Isolation, identification and testing of antimicrobial activity of secondary metabolites of endophytic fungal culture TCBP4 isolated from bratawali (Tinospora crispa) has been performed. The fungus TCBP4 was cultivated in Potato Dextrose Broth (PDB) for 1 month, media and fungi extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was separated and purified by several chromatographic techniques, from w…
The existence of house dust remind us to the allergic respiratory disease and bronchial asthma. A preliminary report of several fungi isolated from the women labourer boarding house's dust has been done. The aim of the study was to investigate the fungi type in the dust. The investigation was done from May 2008 to September 2008, by isolating and inoculating the dust on the Sabouraud dextrose a…
Lentinan (C6H1PJn is a long chain branched polysaccharide of shiitake mushroom (Letltinus edodes). Its primary structure is a f3-1,3,-D-glucan having 2-f3-1,6 glucopyranoside branchings for every 5 f3-1, 3 linear linkages. Lentinan has been clinically applied as an antitumor and antimetastatic drug, and has been reported to prevent both chemical and viral carcinogenesis. It is known that lentin…
Two kinds of endophytic fungi i.e. Calletotricum sp. PWD2 and Caelomycetes PWA1 isolated from pandan wangi (Pandanus amarylifollus) have been cultivated in a liquid medium, GYP for 3 weeks at room temperature without agitation. The ethyl acetate extracts derived from liquid cultures showed antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The GC-MS analysis results showed methyleugenol as m…