Catharanthus roseus is well known for its pharmacological significance. The present study aims to determine the antifungal activity of Catharanthus roseus against various clinically significant fungal strains (Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium moniliforme). Assessment of antifungal activity of Catharanthus roseus was done by paper disc diffusion method. In thi...

Acacia koa seedlings were evaluated from plantings and commercial nurseries for colonization by Fusarium spp., particularly F. oxysporum, the putative cause of koa wilt/dieback disease in Hawaii. We sampled 162 seedlings, 90% of which were from nurseries on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Oahu. Fusarium oxysporum was detected on about 78% of sampled seedlings. It was most prevalent on r...

Fusarium is a genus of filamentous fungi that contains many agronomically important plant pathogens, mycotoxin producers, and opportunistic human pathogens. Comparative analyses have revealed that the Fusarium genome is compartmentalized into regions responsible for primary metabolism and reproduction (core genome), and pathogen virulence, host specialization, and possibly other functions (adap...

A mycological survey was carried out at Entre Ríos province, Argentina, on sorghum grain, maize, rice, soybean seeds and on freshly harvested and stored wheat. The isolation frequencies and relative densities of species belonging to genera Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium and other fungi were calculated. Alternaria alternata was the major fungal species isolated from sorghum, rice...

background: identification and quantification of mycotoxins produced by fusarium species are important in controlling fungal diseases. objectives: potential of zearalenone, butenolide and fusarin c production was investigated in five fusarium graminearum and five f. culmorum isolates at molecular level. materials and methods: presence of pks13, fg08079.1 and pks10 genes, associated with product...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to develop and characterize a new contact lens-associated fungal keratitis rat model and to assess the ability of non-invasive spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to detect pathological changes in vivo in fungal keratitis. METHODS We used SD-OCT to image and measure the cornea of Sprague Dawley rats. Fusarium infection was initiated in the r...

Trichothecenes, zearalenone (ZEN) and fumonisins are the major Fusarium mycotoxins occurring on a worldwide basis in cereal grains, animal feeds and forages. Other important Fusarium mycotoxins include moniliformin and fusaric acid. Spontaneous outbreaks of Fusarium mycotoxicoses have been recorded in Europe, Asia, New Zealand and South America and, in addition, chronic exposure occurs on a reg...