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Antifungal vs Aminocandin - What's the difference?

antifungal | aminocandin |

As nouns the difference between antifungal and aminocandin

is that antifungal is (medicine) a drug that inhibits the growth of fungi while aminocandin is an echinocandin antifungal that targets the glucan in fungal cell walls.

As an adjective antifungal

is that inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.

antifungal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic

    • Derived terms

    * antifungally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi

    • aminocandin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia aminocandin)
  • An echinocandin antifungal that targets the glucan in fungal cell walls.