Examining Safety of Biocolourants from Fungal and Plant Sources-Examples from and and spp. and Dyed Woollen Fabrics.

Biocolourants have been investigated as alternatives to synthetic dyes. However, natural origin per se is not a label of harmlessness and research is needed to obtain safe dyes. We studied the cytotoxicity of the extracts from fungal (s, ) and plant ( ) sources and the woollen fabrics dyed with the extracts.