Isolation of ergosterol peroxide and its reversion to ergosterol in the pathogenic fungus Sporothrix schenckii

Mycopathologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Da Graça Sgarbi, Diana Bridon ^a   Da Silva, Antonio Jorge Ribeiro ^b   Carlos, Iracilda Zeppone ^c   Silva, Célio Lopes ^d   Angluster, Jayme ^b   Alviano, Celuta Sales ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidioxy sterol; Reactive oxygen species; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL 5,8 PEROXIDE; ERGOSTEROL-5,8-PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPOROTHRIX; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ERGOSTEROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPOROTHRIX;

FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0031413998     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006803832164     Document Type: Article

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