Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated which were blocked in heme biosynthesis and required heme for growth on a nonfermentable carbon source. They were rho+, and grew fermentatively on ergosterol or cholesterol and Tween 80, as a source of oleic acid. Cells grown on ergosterol and Tween 80 lacked cytochromes and catalase which were restored by growth on heme. The mutants comprised f...

BACKGROUND Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a promising antifungal target due to its marked structural differences between fungal and mammalian cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal activity of flavonoids described in the scientific literature as FAS inhibitors (quercetin, trans-chalcone, ellagic acid, luteolin, galangin, and genistein) against the dermatophyte Trichophyton ru...

Voriconazole (UK-109,496) is a novel triazole derivative with potent broad-spectrum activity against various fungi, including some that are inherently resistant to fluconazole, such as Candida krusei. In this study we compared the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of voriconazole and fluconazole on sterol biosynthesis of fluconazole-resistant and -susceptible Candida albicans strains, as w...

The title ergosterol compound, C(28)H(44)O(4)·H(2)O, is composed of four fused rings (three six-membered and one five-membered) and a side chain. It is a derivative of ergosterol and was isolated from a marine-derived halotolerant fungus, Cladosporium cladosporioides PXP-49. In the crystal, mol-ecules are assembled by classical O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional network, with base ...

Ketoconazole, an orally active antimycotic drug, is a potent inhibitor of ergosterol biosynthesis in Candida albicans when added to culture media which support yeast or mycelial growth or to cultures containing outgrown mycelium. This inhibition coincides with accumulation of sterols with a methyl group at C-14 and can thus be attributed to an interference with one of the reactions involved in ...

The isolation of steroid compounds from Adam Hawa leaves has been carried out through maceration, partition, separation, and purification. relatively pure BF2 isolate was 7 mg amorphous with a melting point 158-1700C. Results 1H-NMR spectrum analysis CDCl3 solvent, 500 MHz δH: 7,53 (d, J= 5,4 Hz, = C-H ); 7,72 5,7 C-H); 5,35 (1H, d, J=5,15 =C-H); 3,51 m, Ar-CH), 0,93 6,2 3H), 0,86 (3H, s), 0,84...