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Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Polyketides > Macrolides > Candicidin
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Polyketides > Macrolides > Candicidin

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Candicidin  

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Entry terms

  • Candeptin
  • Candicidin D
  • Candimon
  • Levorin
  • Vanobid

Scope note

  • Mixture of antifungal heptaene macrolides from Streptomyces griseus or Actinomyces levoris used topically in candidiasis. The antibiotic complex is composed of candicidins A, B, C, and D, of which D is the major component.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE 1990; was see under ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL 1975-89; LEVORIN was see under ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL 1978-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002174

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