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unusual facts about Antifungal


Antifungal

Antifungal medication, a medication used to treat fungal infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis, etc.


Antiseptic lavage

Antiseptic lavage is a means of washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of warm water mixed with an antiseptic or antifungal solution.

Aspergillus sojae

Glyceollins, molecules belonging to the pterocarpans, are found in the soybean (Glycine max) and have been found to have an antifungal activity against A.

Butenafine

Butenafine hydrochloride is a synthetic benzylamine antifungal, marketed under the trade names Mentax, Butop (India) and is the active ingredient in Schering-Plough's Lotrimin Ultra.

C21H21N

Naftifine, an allylamine antifungal drug for the topical treatment of tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis

Chlorphenesin

It also has antifungal and some antibacterial properties and is thus classified as an antifungal for topical use by the WHO.

Cymbopogon flexuosus

It is believed to help with stress-related disorders, and has been shown to have antifungal and antimicrobial properties.

Efrapeptin

Efrapeptins are peptides made by Tolypocladium that have antifungal, insecticidal, and mitochondrial ATPase inhibitory activities.

Glycosyltransferase

Caspofungin has been developed from the echinocandins and is in use as an antifungal agent.

Limonoid

Currently limonoids are under investigation for a wide variety of therapeutic effects such as antiviral or Viricide, antifungal, antibacterial, antineoplastic and antimalarial.

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

Extracts of the seeds, flowers and leaves possesses immunostimulant, hepatoprotective, antileishmanial, antiviral and antifungal activities in vitro.

Pentamycin

Pentamycin is a polyene antifungal antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces pentaticus.

Platelet-activating factor

The antifungal protein PAF from Penicillium chrysogenum exhibits growth-inhibitory activity against a broad range of filamentous fungi.

Ringworm affair

An estimated 200,000 children worldwide received X-ray treatment for tinea capitis in accordance with the standard Adamson-Kienbock procedure between 1910 and 1959, until griseofulvin, the first effective antifungal agent for ringworm, was introduced.

Sparassol

Sparassol is an antibiotic/antifungal isolated from Sparassis crispa.


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