Abstract: This chapter discusses nystatin. Nystatin is a prominent member of a relatively large and varied group of structurally related, highly unsaturated antifungal antibiotics produced by various strains of streptomycete species of microorganism. To distinguish them from numerous other antibiotics, which also have antifungal properties—this group of important therapeutic agents is commonly referred to as the “polyene macrolide antifungal antibiotics.” The latter grouping represents the chemically most characteristic feature of polyene macrolides and serves to further classify this group of natural products into tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa- and heptaenes, according to the type of conjugated chromophore present in the molecule. Nystatin is a light yellow to yellow crystalline powder with a faint, characteristically musty odor; slightly hygroscopic and light-sensitive.
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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