fumigacin

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fumigacin

A naturally occurring steroidal antibiotic produced by certain fungi, such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Cephalosporium caeruleus and Emericellopsis terricola, as well as by dermatophytes.

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fumigatus produce a number of low-molecular-mass toxins, including helvolic acid, fumagillin and gliotoxin [23].

Aspergillus fumigatus produces a range of mycotoxins, such as gliotoxin, helvolic acid and fumagillin, which may facilitate its growth and persistence in the lung [64].

Impact of Enzymes and Toxins Potentiality of Four Aspergillus Species to Cause Aspergillosis

fumigatus toxins, including gliotoxin, helvolic acid and fumagillin (Takashi et al., 2004).

STUDIES ON EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS IN OSTRICH CHICKS

They identified four compounds as follows: ergosta-5,7,22-trienol; 5a,8a-epidioxyergosta-6,22-dien-313-ol; ergosta-7,22-dien-313,5m63-triol, and helvolic acid (Zhao et al.

pylori secondary metabolites were identified to be helvolic acid, monomethylsulochrin, ergosterol and 3b-hydroxy-5a,8a-epidioxy-ergosta-6,22-diene with corresponding MICs of 8.0, 10.0, 20.0 and 30.0 pgJml, respectively.