Anidulafungin
Active ingredient description
Anidulafungin is a semi-synthetic echinocandin, a lipopeptide synthesised from a fermentation product of Aspergillus nidulans. Anidulafungin selectively inhibits 1,3-β-D glucan synthase, an enzyme present in fungal, but not mammalian cells.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
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Anidulafungin
Product monographs
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
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Medicines
Anidulafungin is the active ingredient of these drugs:
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₅₈H₇₃N₇O₁₇
Molecular mass: 1,140.237 g/mol