Preferred Name

echinocandin
Synonyms

echinocandins

Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_57248

hasOBONamespace

chebi_ontology

hasRelatedSynonym

echinocandins

id

CHEBI:57248

inSubset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR

label

echinocandin

notation

CHEBI:57248

prefLabel

echinocandin

textual definition

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.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_46895

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_86478

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