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Hexane extracts of some algae belonging to the Dictyotales collected over a 12 month period were tested for their antifungal activity using human pathogenic fungi (yeasts, moulds and dermatophytes) and phytopathogenic fungi responsible for diseases in Mediterranean plants and trees. The three algal species tested (Dictyota dichotoma, Dictyota dichotoma var. implexa, Dilophus spiralis) exhibited a wide spectrum of antifungal activity which varied during the seasons.
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Moreau, J., Pesando, D., Bernard, P. et al. Seasonal variations in the production of antifungal substances by some dictyotales (brown algae) from the french mediterranean coast. Hydrobiologia 162, 157–162 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00014538
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