Antifungal Peptides as Therapeutic Agents [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Fungi have been used since ancient times in food and beverage-making processes and, more recently, have been harnessed for the production of antibiotics and in processes of relevance to the bioeconomy.
Miguel Fernández de Ullivarri +7 more
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Biogenic silver nanoparticles as antifungal agents
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 In recent years, an increase in multidrug-resistant fungal strains has been observed, which, together with the limited number of clinically available antifungal agents, highlights the need for the development of new antifungal agents.
Javier Mussin, Gustavo Giusiano
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Autophagy Alters the Susceptibility of Candida albicans Biofilms to Antifungal Agents [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Candida albicans (C. albicans) reigns as a major cause of clinical candidiasis. C. albicans biofilms are known to increase resistance to antifungal agents, making biofilm-related infections particularly challenging to treat.
Jiadi Shen +6 more
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Graphene-Based Nanocomposites as Antibacterial, Antiviral and Antifungal Agents. [PDF]
Adv Healthc Mater, 2023 Over the past decade, there have been many interesting studies in the scientific literature about the interaction of graphene‐based polymeric nanocomposites with microorganisms to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
Gungordu Er S, Edirisinghe M, Tabish TA.
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New Antifungal Agents with Azole Moieties
Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Fungal conditions affect a multitude of people worldwide, leading to increased hospitalization and mortality rates, and the need for novel antifungals is emerging with the rise of resistance and immunocompromised patients.
Melissa Martins Teixeira +3 more
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Novel Antifungal Agents and Their Activity against Aspergillus Species
Journal of Fungi, 2020 There is a need for new antifungal agents, mainly due to increased incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFI), high frequency of associated morbidity and mortality and limitations of the current antifungal agents (e.g., toxicity, drug–drug ...
Roya Vahedi-Shahandashti +1 more
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Cardiac arrhythmias of BCR-ABL inhibitors with or without triazole antifungal agents: A real-world pharmacovigilance study based on the food and drug administration adverse event reporting system database [PDF]
SAGE Open MedicineObjectives: Breakpoint Cluster Region (BCR)-Abelson tyrosine kinase (ABL) inhibitors are widely used in the treatment of blood cancers, particularly chronic myelogenous leukemia and are often combined with triazole antifungal agents to prevent fungal ...
Peitao Xie +5 more
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Ecotoxicity and Mutagenicity Assessment of Novel Antifungal Agents VT-1161 and T-2307 [PDF]
MoleculesAntifungal substances are essential for managing fungal infections in humans, animals, and plants, and their usage has significantly increased due to the global rise in fungal infections.
Edith Guadalupe Padilla Suarez +6 more
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Cationic surfactants as antifungal agents
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018 Fungi—in being responsible for causing diseases in animals and humans as well as environmental contaminations in health and storage facilities—represent a serious concern to health security.
M. E. Fait +4 more
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The Potential of Fatty Acids and Their Derivatives as Antifungal Agents: A Review
Toxins, 2022 Fungal contamination presents several problems: in humans, health issues arise from infections with opportunistic filamentous fungi and yeast, while in food, fungi cause spoilage and, in particular, in the case of mycotoxigenic fungi, can cause serious ...
Ana Guimarães, A. Venâncio
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