Abstract:
AIM: To search for compounds having strong antifungal activities. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twelve new peptides containing MEDP(N
3-(2-
R,3
R)-4-methoxyepoxysuccinyl-
L-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid) in Cterminus have been synthesized and evaluated
in vitro against
Candida albicans on the basis of “illicit transport”. CONCLUSION: Some of them have strong activities. The MMIC(molar mininum inhibitory concentrations) of ValMEDP, the most active peptide in this series, is 448 nmol·mL
-1, 960 times the MMIC of MEDP. But all of the peptides showed weaker activities than the related peptides containing FMDP(N
3-4-methoxyfumaryl-
L-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid).