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Kojic Acid and the Antibiotic Action of Species of Aspergillus

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IT was shown recently1 that under specified cultural conditions the whole of the antibacterial activity of metabolism solutions from Aspergillus effusus Tiraboschi can be attributed to kojic acid. It was suggested that this common mould metabolic product might similarly account for the inhibitory properties of other fungi.

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COOK, A., LACEY, M. Kojic Acid and the Antibiotic Action of Species of Aspergillus. Nature 155, 790–791 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155790a0

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