Antifungal mixture with fungal organism pythium oligandrum

Abstract

The antifungal mixture is designed for fighting human diseases and animal diseases of fungal, bacterial or other origin and for violation of bio-films on heterogeneous materials used both in human and veterinary medicine and for elimination of microflora from various objects coming in contact with humans or animals. The antifungal mixture uses the active component of the fungal organism Pvthium oligandrum in the mixture with inert components; the said antifungal mixture contains 0.001 to 25 weight portions of the fungal organism Pythium oligandrum and 75 to 99.999 weight portions of inert components. The activity of the fungal organism Pythium oligandrum in the mixture arises at the moment when this organism gets in touch with humidity.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to an antifungal mixture with fungal organism Pythium oligandrum designed for fighting fungi including fungal diseases and bacteria.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Fungi and fungal diseases are a problem of every society and especially fungal diseases of skin of both people and animals belong to frequently occurring diseases of people and animals. Such fungal diseases are even more serious because they are usually transmitted not only by a direct contact of the sick and the healthy but also through the objects, which were in contact with the source of infection.[0003]The treatment of such dermatological diseases is very difficult and lengthy and nowadays, the treatment methods are based especially on the application of system antimycotics, exceptionally also chemotherapy, which means that aggressive forms of treatment with chemical therapeutics are used against pathogenic microorganisms, which cause the diseases; however, they usual...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The fungal organism Pythium oligandrum from the kingdom Chromista—Stramenopila is a strong mycoparasite; it parasites over 20 families of causative agents of fungal diseases and represents the dividing line between fungi and protozoa because of its sexual as well as asexual reproduction. The fibres of Pythium oligandrum penetrate the cells of the parasite (fungi, yeast fungi, bacteria) and draw the substances required for its own nutrition from them. On the basis of nutrition and spatial competition, it squeezes out the pathogens from the spaces. The nature of the activity of this fungus is, therefore, parasiting on fungi with the simultaneous production of enzymes, which further increase the efficiency of the fungus. It can be said that Pythium oligandrum attacks the opponent with direct parasitism. After the achievement of the task, i.e. exhaustion of the parasite, Pythium oligandrum disappears from that locality (both human and animal bodies do not represent a natural environment for it and it cannot adapt to such environment) and it gives way for the re-settlement of the so-called normal micro-flora or, unless it finds new nutrition (fungi), it is encapsulated into dormancy conditions and its life cycle is paused.

[0009]It has been newly detected that for suppressing fungal diseases and their symptoms, it is more advantageous to use higher concentrations of the effective substance, i.e. reproduction organs, than 2×105 in 1 g of the mixture. Further to that, Pythium oligandrum can be used independently or in combination with other carriers (components) than silicon dioxide, which is also used according to the aforesaid applied design.

[0015]The above mentioned new applications of the fungal organism Pythium oligandrum are also enabled by the new application of other components forming the mixture. New mixtures were examined and selected because of better, more understandable and more comfortable application of the preparation for the consumer so that their possible preparation for application and the actual application were clear, simple and comfortable and corresponded to the common habits in the twenty first century. At the same time, they shall also comply with the requirements for the purpose of application. Various inert carriers are used for the new mixtures in different ratios, which do not damage the microscopic fungus Pythium oligandrum (creation of the fungal fibres and characteristic echinate oospore, zoospore and zoosporangia) and producing various enzymes, which are collectively called oligandrin.

Problems solved by technology

Fungi and fungal diseases are a problem of every society and especially fungal diseases of skin of both people and animals belong to frequently occurring diseases of people and animals.

Such fungal diseases are even more serious because they are usually transmitted not only by a direct contact of the sick and the healthy but also through the objects, which were in contact with the source of infection.

The treatment of such dermatological diseases is very difficult and lengthy and nowadays, the treatment methods are based especially on the application of system antimycotics, exceptionally also chemotherapy, which means that aggressive forms of treatment with chemical therapeutics are used against pathogenic microorganisms, which cause the diseases; however, they usually impact not only the targeted pathogen but also the tissues of the recipient of the therapeutics.

However, this solution has a limited range of application and its effective substance is only bound on the inorganic carrier, which is silicon dioxide.

Fungi from walls and fungi, yeast fungi and bacteria from various objects are removed by means of a series of different preparations, which are, however, never based on the application of the effective substance of the fungal organism Pythium oligandrum.