Polyene antimycotic
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polyene-antimycotic-303-16513672
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Polyene antimycotic
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Polyene antimycotics, sometimes referred to as polyene antibiotics, are a class of antimicrobial polyene compounds that target fungi. These polyene antimycotics are typically obtained from some species of Streptomyces bacteria. Previously, polyenes were thought to bind to ergosterol in the fungal cell membrane and thus weakening it and causing leakage of K+ and Na+ ions, which could contribute to fungal cell death. However, more detailed studies of polyene molecular properties have challenged th
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Class of antifungal compounds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyene_antimycotic
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2023-01-12T08:02:57Z
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