Nystatin (Fungicidin)

- Overview
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    Background
    
    Nystatin (Fungicidin) is a polyene antifungal antibiotic [1].Antifungal antibiotic is a pharmaceutical fungicide used to treat and prevent mycoses.Nystatin is a polyene antifungal antibiotic that is effective against yeast and mycoplasma [1]. In liquid media, Nystatin inhibited C. albicans at concentrations of 5-20 U/ml[2]. In a 200 clinical isolates, which comprised of 113 Candida albicans, 54 Candida glabrata, 11 Candida parapsilosis, 11 Candida tropicalis and 11 Candida krusei. Nystatin exhibited MIC90 value of 4 mg/L against C. albicans isolates and all non-albicans Candida species tested. The results confirmed C. Albicans was most frequently susceptible and Nystatin could be used to treat vulvovaginal candidiasis caused by non-albicans Candida species. Nystatin would be an important choice for women affected by non-albicans Candida species which present higher resistance to the imidazole-based treatments [3].
    
    [1]. Childs AJ. Effect of Nystatin on Growth of Candida albicans During Antibiotic Therapy. Br Med J, 1956, 1(4968): 660-662.
    [2]. Stewart GT. Laboratory and Clinical Studies with Nystatin in Post-antibiotic Mycotic Infections. Br Med J, 1956, 1(4968): 658-660.
    [3]. Choukri F, Benderdouche M, Sednaoui P. In vitro susceptibility profile of 200 recent clinical isolates of Candida spp. to topical antifungal treatments of vulvovaginal candidiasis, the imidazoles and nystatin agents. J Mycol Med, 2014, 24(4): 303-307.
- Properties
  - Categories
    
    antifungal antibiotic
    
    Alternative Name
    
    (4E,6E,8E,10E,14E,16E,18S,19R,20R,21S,35S)-3-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-4-amino-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-19,25,27,29,32,33,35,37-octahydroxy-18,20,21-trimethyl-23-oxo-22,39-dioxabicyclo[33.3.1]nonatriaconta-4,6,8,10,14,16-hexaene-38-carboxylic acid
    
    CAS Number
    
    1400-61-9
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C47H75NO17
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    926.09
    
    Appearance
    
    A solid
    
    Purity
    
    99.51%
    
    Solubility
    
    ≥30.45 mg/mL in DMSO; insoluble in EtOH; insoluble in H2O
    
    Storage
    
    Store at -20°C
    
    SMILES
    
    CC1C=CC=CCCC=CC=CC=CC=CC(CC2C(C(CC(O2)(CC(C(CCC(CC(CC(CC(=O)OC(C(C1O)C)C)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)C(=O)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)C)O)N)O
    
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- Reference
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    2. Wang H, Liu W, et al. "Inhibitor analysis revealed that clathrin-mediated endocytosis is involed in cellular entry of type III grass carp reovirus." Virol J. 2018 May 24;15(1):92. PMID:29793525