fusafungine
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Fusafungine (INN), also known as fusafungin, is an active agent used in antibiotics for treatment of nasal and throat infection. It also possesses anti-inflammatory properties. Fusafungine is a mixture of enniatin cyclohexadepsipeptides made up of alternating D-α-hydroxyvaleric acid and L-N-methylamino acid residues, produced by the ascomycete Fusarium lateritium, and marketed by Servier under the trade names Locabiotal, Bioparox, and Locabiosol.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 639.409480404
- Has use
- medication
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- canonical SMILES
- O=C1OC(C(=O)N(C)C(C(=O)OC(C(=O)N(C)C(C(=O)OC(C(=O)N(C)C1C(C)C)C(C)C)C(C)C)C(C)C)C(C)C)C(C)C
- chemical formula
- C₃₃H₅₇N₃O₉
- subject has role
- antibiotic
- isomeric SMILES
- [H]C1(OC(=O)[C@]([H])(C(C)C)N(C)C(=O)C([H])(OC(=O)[C@]([H])(C(C)C)N(C)C(=O)C([H])(OC(=O)[C@]([H])(C(C)C)N(C)C1=O)C(C)C)C(C)C)C(C)C
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- fusafunginum
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Fusafungine (INN), also known as fusafungin, is an active agent used in antibiotics for treatment of nasal and throat infection. It also possesses anti-inflammatory properties. Fusafungine is a mixture of enniatin cyclohexadepsipeptides made up of alternating D-α-hydroxyvaleric acid and L-N-methylamino acid residues, produced by the ascomycete Fusarium lateritium, and marketed by Servier under the trade names Locabiotal, Bioparox, and Locabiosol.
According to a pooled analysis study done in the UK for the efficacy of fusafungine in rhinopharingitis, it was found that the proportion of patients who showed an improvement in symptoms from Day 0 to Day 4 of infection was 61.5% with fusafungine vs. 46.8% when compared to a placebo.
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