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Glucan vs Echinocandin - What's the difference?

glucan | echinocandin |

As nouns the difference between glucan and echinocandin

is that glucan is (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose while echinocandin is any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

glucan

English

Noun

(wikipedia glucan) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose

    • See also

    * cellulose * curdlan * dextran * glycogen * laminarin * lentinan * lichenin * pullulan * starch

    echinocandin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia echinocandin)
  • Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

    • See also

    * papulacandin