Abstract:
Glucose, sucrose, starch and cellulose were pyrolyzed at 300 º C. The antifungal activities of these pyrolyzates were investigated. All of these pyrolyzates were found to be remarkably active against Trychophyton longifusus. However, pyrolyzates of paper exhibited significant activity against Microsporum canis as well. The GC/MS analysis reveals that all these pyrolyzates contain furans, furanones, aldehydes, ketones, anhydro sugars and carboxylic acids.
