loading...| Preferred Name |
Antifungal Agent |
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| Synonyms |
Antifungal Agent Antifungals Antifungal Drug Antifungal antifungal |
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| Definitions |
Substances that treat systemic or topical infections caused by fungi. Antifungal agents kill or inhibit the growth of fungi, by various mechanisms. These mechanisms include inhibition of fungal mitosis, impairing synthesis or binding to ergosterol, inhibition of RNA or DNA synthesis, and interfering with other fungal metabolic processes. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C514 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
Substances that kill or inhibit the growth or other functions of fungi and that are used in the treatment of fungal infections. Drugs that treat infections caused by fungi. |
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| CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:35718 |
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| code |
C514 |
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| Concept_In_Subset | ||
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
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| DEFINITION |
Substances that treat systemic or topical infections caused by fungi. Antifungal agents kill or inhibit the growth of fungi, by various mechanisms. These mechanisms include inhibition of fungal mitosis, impairing synthesis or binding to ergosterol, inhibition of RNA or DNA synthesis, and interfering with other fungal metabolic processes. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Antifungal Agent Antifungals Antifungal Drug Antifungal antifungal |
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| label |
Antifungal Agent |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Antifungal_Agent |
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| Preferred_Name |
Antifungal Agent |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C514 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Chemical Viewed Functionally |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0003308 |
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| subClassOf |