Fungistatic Action of Hair Fat on Microsporon audouini

Abstract

Hair fat of adults contains free saturated aliphatic fatty acids which inhibit the growth of M. audouini in concentrations of 0.0002 to 0.001%. Preliminary chemical analyses of the still impure fractions, molecular weight estimations, and the range of fungistatic activity indicate that the fraction contains saturated aliphatic fatty acids between C7 and C11.