Abstract:Scientific and clinical reports globally demonstrated that the opportunistic mycotic infections are at major risk to the human fitness. In the past few decades, the development of resistance in microbes to existing antifungals has emphasized on the search of new antimycotic drugs. As a matter of fact, "echinocandins" are new categories of broad-spectrum antifungal enlighten a hope in this direction. Echinocandins are bulky lipopeptides that inhibit the production of β-[1,3]-glucan "a major constituent of funga… Show more
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