Antifungal factors

HV002 Stoessl, A. The antifungal factors in barley—3. Isolation of P-coumaroy-lagmatine. Phytochemistry 1965 4 973-976. 

Finally, there were recently isolated an optically active phenolic compound, dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (2,3-dihydro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-(3-hydroxypropenyl) - 7-methoxy - 3-benzofuranyl-methanol) (70),192 and a complex 2,3-dihydro-2-phenylbenzofuran, hordanatin A, an antifungal factor 193 it has recently been synthesized,194 and may play a part in the lignification process. 

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Response to antifungal therapy in invasive candidiasis is often more rapid than for endemic fungal infections. Resolution of fever and sterilization of blood cultures are indications of response to antifungal therapy. Toxicity associated with antifungal therapy is similar in these patients as described earlier with the caveat that some toxicities maybe more pronounced in crit-ically-ill patients with invasive candidiasis. Nephrotoxicity and electrolyte disturbances, with amphotericin B in particular, are problematic and may not be avoidable even with lipid amphotericin B formulations. Fluconazole and echinocandins are generally safer options, and are generally well tolerated. Decisions to use one class of agents over the other is principally driven by concerns of non-albicans species, patient tolerability, or history of prior fluconazole exposure (risk factor for non-albicans species.). 

A typical second step after the insertion of CO into aryl or alkenyl-Pd(II) compounds is the addition to alkenes [148]. However, allenes can also be used (as shown in the following examples) where a it-allyl-r 3-Pd-complex is formed as an intermediate which undergoes a nucleophilic substitution. Thus, Alper and coworkers [148], as well as Grigg and coworkers [149], described a Pd-catalyzed transformation of o-iodophenols and o-iodoanilines with allenes in the presence of CO. Reaction of 6/1-310 or 6/1-311 with 6/1-312 in the presence of Pd° under a CO atmosphere (1 atm) led to the chromanones 6/1-314 and quinolones 6/1-315, respectively, via the Jt-allyl-r 3-Pd-complex 6/1-313 (Scheme 6/1.82). The enones obtained can be transformed by a Michael addition with amines, followed by reduction to give y-amino alcohols. Quinolones and chromanones are of interest due to their pronounced biological activity as antibacterials [150], antifungals [151] and neurotrophic factors [152]. 

There is a great deal of evidence that AmB can exert a number of effects directly on cells of the immune system, and particularly on macrophages to increase nonspecific defense mechanisms against pathogens and cancer cells. These mechanisms include the production of nitric oxide (NO) (32) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) (33), which could contribute to the antifungal and antiparasitic activity of AmB. However, excess TNF-a production could also be responsible for some of the side effects associated with AmB treatment, such as fever and chills. 

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