The Quercus mongolica has a high utilization value in industrial economic sector. species is distributed throughout Korea, however, the damage caused by deterioration such as discoloration and decay severe. For this reason, of Q. an obstacle to its use wood, but research on factors insufficient. In study, we focused fungi factor influencing mongolica, isolated identified from deteriorated mongo...

Chios Mastic Gum (CMG) and Oil (CMO) are two unique products of the tree Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia, cultivated exclusively on Greek island Chios. In present study, method proposed by European Pharmacopoeia for mastic identification was employed using HPTLC together with an in-house method. A GC-MS methodology also developed chemical characterization CMOs. α-Pinene β-myrcene were found in abu...

Filamentous fungi colonizing rice straw were collected from 11 different sites in Korea and were identified based on characterization of their morphology and molecular properties. The fungi were divided into 25 species belonging to 16 genera, including 14 ascomycetes, one zygomycete, and one basidiomycete. Fungal cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes were assessed through a two-step process, whe...

Background and Aims: Natural compounds derived from animal, plant, and microbial sources participate in treating various types of cancers, including lung cancer. This survey attempted to explore the anticancer activity of two novel metabolites extracted from soil-derived actinomycetes in the human lung cancer A549 cells. Materials and Methods: The crude extracts of UTMC 638 and UTMC 877 second...

Mucormycosis is a life-threatening opportunistic infection caused by certain members of the fungal order Mucorales. This associated with high mortality rate, which can reach nearly 100% depending on underlying condition patient. Treatment mucormycosis challenging because these fungi are intrinsically resistant to most routinely used antifungal agents, such as azoles. One possible mechanism azol...