NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2011, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 983-991.

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Research Progress of Antifungal Drugs

ZHANG Ying1,3, WANG Dong1, LI Xing-Cong2, YANG Chong-ren1,4, ZHANG Ying-jun1*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China; 2National Center for Natural Products Research, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA; 3College of Chinese Medicine, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College, Jilin 132101, China; 4Weihe Biotech Research and Development Center, Yuxi 653101, China
  • Received:2010-01-04 Online:2011-10-25 Published:2011-09-26

Abstract: The mechanism of action,investigative situation and development trend of antifungal drugs were summarized. Combining with our findings, it was put forward of searching for new antifungal drugs from steroidal saponins.

Key words: antifungal drugs, mechanisms of action, development trend, natural products, steroids

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