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echinocandin
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Any one of a family of large lipopeptides that are inhibitors of the enzyme 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, thus damaging fungal cell walls. Echinocandins are fungicidal against most Candida spp and fungistatic against Aspergillus spp.
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Label
echinocandin
Subsets
3_STAR
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chebi_ontology
has related synonym
echinocandins
id
CHEBI:57248