Dermatophytes are keratinophilic fungi that infect keratinized tissues causing
diseases known as dermatophytoses. Dermatophytes are classified in three genera,
Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton.
This investigation was performed to study the prevalence of dermatomycosis among 640
patients being evaluated at the dermatology clinics at Kasr elainy, El-Husein and
Said Galal hospitals in Cairo and Giza between January 2005 and December 2006. The
patients were checked for various diseases. Tinea capitis was the most common
clinical disease followed by tinea pedis and tinea corporis. Tinea cruris and tinea
unguium were the least in occurrence. Tinea versicolor also was detected. The most
susceptible persons were children below 10 years followed by those aged 31–40 years.
Unicellular yeast was the most common etiological agent and T.
tonsuranswas the second most frequent causative agent followed by
M. canis.
Dermatophytes are classified in three genera, Epidermophyton, Microsporum and Trichophyton. They have the capacity to invade keratinized tissue to produce a cutaneous infection known as dermatophytoses. This investigation was performed to study the effect of gaseous ozone and ozonized oil on three specific properties of six different dermatophytes. These properties included sporulation, mycelia leakage of sugar and nutrients and the activity of their hydrolytic enzymes. Generally, ozonized oil was found to be more efficacious than gaseous ozone. Microsporum gypseum and Microsporum canis were the most susceptible, while Trichophyton interdigitale and T. mentagrophytes were relatively resistant. The study revealed a steady decline in spore production of M. gypseum and M. canis on application of ozonated oil. An increase in leakage of electrolytes and sugar was noticed after treatment with ozonized oil in the case of M. gypseum, M. canis, T. interdigitale, T. mentagrophytes and T. rubrum. The results also revealed loss in urease, amylase, alkaline phosphatase, lipase and keratinase enzyme producing capacity of the investigated fungi.
ZnO-based nanomaterials have high antifungal effects, such as inhibition of growth and reproduction of some pathogenic fungi, such as Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia solani and Macrophomina phaseolina. Therefore, we report the extracellular synthesis of ZnONPs using a potential fungal antagonist (Trichoderma harzianum). ZnONPs were then characterized for their size, shape, charge and composition by visual analysis, UV–visible spectrometry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Zeta potential, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The TEM test confirmed that the size of the produced ZnONPs was 8–23 nm. The green synthesized ZnONPs were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies to reveal the functional group attributed to the formation of ZnONPs. For the first time, trichogenic ZnONPs were shown to have fungicidal action against three soil–cotton pathogenic fungi in the laboratory and greenhouse. An antifungal examination was used to evaluate the bioactivity of the mycogenic ZnONPs in addition to two chemical fungicides (Moncut and Maxim XL) against three soil-borne pathogens, including Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia solani and Macrophomina phaseolina. The findings of this study show a novel fungicidal activity in in vitro assay for complete inhibition of fungal growth of tested plant pathogenic fungi, as well as a considerable reduction in cotton seedling disease symptoms under greenhouse conditions. The formulation of a trichogenic ZnONPs form was found to increase its antifungal effect significantly. Finally, the utilization of biocontrol agents, such as T. harzianum, could be a safe strategy for the synthesis of a medium-scale of ZnONPs and employ it for fungal disease control in cotton.
A series of novel arylazothiazole derivatives were synthesized in good yield via coupling of thiazole derivatives with arenediazonium chloride in ethanol in the presence of sodium acetate trihydrate at 0-5°C. The structures of the newly synthesized products were elucidated via elemental analysis, spectral data, and alternative routes whenever possible. Moreover, the antidermatophtic activity screening of the products was evaluated, and the results revealed that compounds 7a, 7b, 7c, 7f, 7g, and 7i showed broad potency and induced more inhibition against the tested fungi compared to fluconazole as antifungal standard drug.
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