Composition comprising medium-chain fatty acids for inhibiting biofilm formation

• Main Authors: LEE JINTAE, LEE JIN HYUNG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 04.01.2022
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting the biofilm formation of pathogenic fungi containing medium-chain fatty acids as an active ingredient. More specifically, the present invention provides a composition for inhibiting the biofilm formation and mycelial growth of pathogenic fungi, which can be used as a novel antifungal agent, by confirming that the composition comprising a medium-chain fatty acid similar to farnesol as an active ingredient inhibits the biofilm formation and mycelial growth of pathogenic fungi. 본 발명은 중간사슬 지방산을 유효성분으로 함유하는 병원성 진균의 생물막 형성 억제용 조성물에 관한 것으로, 파르네솔과 유사한 중간 사슬 지방산을 유효성분을 포함하여 병원성 진균의 생물막 형성 및 균사 성장을 억제하는 것을 확인함으로써, 새로운 항진균제로 사용 가능한 병원성 진균에 대한 생물막 형성 억제용 조성물을 제공하는 것이다.