An Amphotericin B Derivative Equally Potent to Amphotericin B and with Increased Safety.

Amphotericin B is the most potent antimycotic known to date. However due to its large collateral toxicity, its use, although long standing, had been limited. Many attempts have been made to produce derivatives with reduced collateral damage. The molecular mechanism of polyene has also been closely s...

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Main Authors: Armando Antillón, Alexander H de Vries, Marcel Espinosa-Caballero, José Marcos Falcón-González, David Flores Romero, Javier González-Damián, Fabiola Eloísa Jiménez-Montejo, Angel León-Buitimea, Manuel López-Ortiz, Ricardo Magaña, Siewert J Marrink, Rosmarbel Morales-Nava, Xavier Periole, Jorge Reyes-Esparza, Josué Rodríguez Lozada, Tania Minerva Santiago-Angelino, María Cristina Vargas González, Ignacio Regla, Mauricio Carrillo-Tripp, Mario Fernández-Zertuche, Lourdes Rodríguez-Fragoso, Iván Ortega-Blake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5040443?pdf=render