Recent Trends in Antifungal Agents and Antifungal Therapy

Editors: Basak, Amit, Chakraborty, Ranadhir, Mandal, Santi M. (Eds.)
Presents a top to bottom outline of natural and synthetic antifungal compounds
Elaborates on the past and recent updates on antifungal peptides with their structure-function relationship
Focuses on antifungal chemotherapy, structure-activity/function relationship and synthetic analogues which help in development of new compounds and drugs

Fungal infections have taken a new spectrum due to the increased incidence of multi-drug resistant fungal pathogens. Freedom of choice for drugs to treat fungal infections is also narrow because of lesser probability of discovering drugs that would bypass affecting human cells and target fungal cells producing fewer side effects in patients. An approach has gained prominence in research is to look for bioactive antifungal compounds from natural to synthetic sources. It is necessary to discover new classes of antifungals to control the recent emergence of multi-drug resistant fungal infections. This book proposed a details top to bottom outline of antifungal compounds derived naturally or synthetically. The details of their modifications or synthetic analogues have been described, helpful to understand the structure-activity relationship which leads to new compound development in antifungal chemotherapy. Each chapter begins with a comprehensive, top-bottom in-depth discussion of antifungal agents with updated bibliographic references. This compendium will serve as a companion not only for Scientists, Researchers, and Professors, Medical Practitioners but also a valuable reference text for the university students.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
109 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics
Mycology
Bacteriology
Biological Microscopy
Immunology



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