Fungicidal mechanism of action of D0870 against Cryptococcus neoformans under acidic conditions

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2710-2713

  Yamada, Hidehiko ^a,b   Watanabe, Taiji ^a   Kato, Kazuo ^a   Mochizuki, Hidenori ^a  

^a MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2,4 DIFLUOROPHENYL) 1 [3 [2 [4 (2,2,3,3 TETRAFLUOROPROPOXY)PHENYL]VINYL] 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 1 YL] 3 (1,2,4 TRIAZOL 1 YL) 2 PROPANOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ERGOSTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030816828     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.12.2710     Document Type: Article

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