Synergistic fungicidal activities of amphotericin B and N-methyl-N″-dodecylguanidine: A constituent of polyol macrolide antibiotic niphimycin

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-35

  Ogita, Akira ^a   Matsumoto, Keiji ^a   Fujita, Ken Ichi ^a   Usuki, Yoshinosuke ^a   Hatanaka, Yoshiro ^b   Tanaka, Toshio ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Niphimycin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Synergy; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FUNGICIDE; N METHYL N DODECYLGUANIDINE; NIPHIMYCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; N METHYL N'' DODECYLGUANIDINE; N-METHYL-N''-DODECYLGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG SYNERGISM; GUANIDINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VACUOLES;

EID: 34247255522     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2007.4     Document Type: Article

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