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Natamycin

Index Natamycin

Natamycin, also known as pimaricin, is an antifungal medication used to treat fungal infections around the eye. [1]

48 relations: Acute toxicity, Allergy, Amino acid, Anticaking agent, Antifungal, Antimicrobial resistance, Aspergillus, Blepharitis, Breastfeeding, Brine, Candida (fungus), Cell membrane, Cellulose, Conjunctivitis, Developing country, E number, Ergosterol, European Food Safety Authority, Eye drop, Fermentation, Food additive, Fungicide, Fusarium, Glucose, Gut flora, Health system, Keratitis, Macrolide, Membrane transport protein, Metabolite, Minimum inhibitory concentration, Mycosis, Neoplasm, Oral candidiasis, Parts-per notation, Penicillium, Pietermaritzburg, Polyene antimycotic, Pregnancy, Preservative, Scientific Committee on Food, Sorbic acid, Streptomyces natalensis, Throat lozenge, United States dollar, WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, Whole Foods Market, World Health Organization.

Acute toxicity

Acute toxicity describes the adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short period of time (usually less than 24 hours).

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Allergy

Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

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Anticaking agent

An anticaking agent is an additive placed in powdered or granulated materials, such as table salt or confectionaries to prevent the formation of lumps (caking) and for easing packaging, transport, and consumption.

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Antifungal

An antifungal medication, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis (thrush), serious systemic infections such as cryptococcal meningitis, and others.

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Antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe.

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Aspergillus

Aspergillus is a genus consisting of a few hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide.

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Blepharitis

Blepharitis is one of the most common ocular conditions characterized by inflammation, scaling, reddening, and crusting of the eyelid.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the feeding of babies and young children with milk from a woman's breast.

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Brine

Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt (usually sodium chloride) in water.

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Candida (fungus)

Candida is a genus of yeasts and is the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide.

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Cell membrane

The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment (the extracellular space).

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is inflammation of the outermost layer of the white part of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelid.

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Developing country

A developing country (or a low and middle income country (LMIC), less developed country, less economically developed country (LEDC), underdeveloped country) is a country with a less developed industrial base and a low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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E number

E numbers are codes for substances that are permitted to be used as food additives for use within the European Union and EFTA.

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Ergosterol

Ergosterol (ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol) is a sterol found in cell membranes of fungi and protozoa, serving many of the same functions that cholesterol serves in animal cells.

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European Food Safety Authority

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain.

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Eye drop

Eye drops are saline-containing drops used as an ocular route to administer.

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Fermentation

Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen.

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Food additive

Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste, appearance, or other qualities.

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Fungicide

Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores.

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Fusarium

Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi, part of a group often referred to as hyphomycetes, widely distributed in soil and associated with plants.

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Glucose

Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6.

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Gut flora

Gut flora, or gut microbiota, or gastrointestinal microbiota, is the complex community of microorganisms that live in the digestive tracts of humans and other animals, including insects.

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Health system

A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or as healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.

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Keratitis

Keratitis is a condition in which the eye's cornea, the clear dome on the front surface of the eye, becomes inflamed.

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Macrolide

The macrolides are a class of natural products that consist of a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually cladinose and desosamine, may be attached.

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Membrane transport protein

A membrane transport protein (or simply transporter) is a membrane protein involved in the movement of ions, small molecules, or macromolecules, such as another protein, across a biological membrane.

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Metabolite

A metabolite is the intermediate end product of metabolism.

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Minimum inhibitory concentration

In, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is the lowest concentration of a chemical which prevents visible growth of a bacterium.

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Mycosis

Mycosis is a fungal infection of animals, including humans.

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Neoplasm

Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.

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Oral candidiasis

Oral candidiasis, also known as oral thrush among other names, is candidiasis that occurs in the mouth.

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Parts-per notation

In science and engineering, the parts-per notation is a set of pseudo-units to describe small values of miscellaneous dimensionless quantities, e.g. mole fraction or mass fraction.

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Penicillium

Penicillium ascomycetous fungi are of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production.

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Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg (Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Polyene antimycotic

Polyene antimycotics, sometimes referred to as polyene antibiotics, are a class of antimicrobial polyene compounds that target fungi.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.

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Preservative

A preservative is a substance or a chemical that is added to products such as food, beverages, pharmaceutical drugs, paints, biological samples, cosmetics, wood, and many other products to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes.

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Scientific Committee on Food

The Scientific Committee on Food (SCF), established in 1974, was the main committee providing the European Commission with scientific advice on food safety.

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Sorbic acid

Sorbic acid, or 2,4-hexadienoic acid, is a natural organic compound used as a food preservative.

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Streptomyces natalensis

Streptomyces natalensis is a bacterial species in the genus Streptomyces.

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Throat lozenge

A throat lozenge (cough drop, troche, cachou, or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs and lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat), possibly from the common cold or influenza.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.

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Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market Inc. is an American supermarket chain that specializes in selling organic foods products without artificial additive products for growing foods, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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ATC code A01AB10, ATC code A07AA03, ATC code D01AA02, ATC code G01AA02, ATC code S01AA10, ATCvet code QA01AB10, ATCvet code QA07AA03, ATCvet code QD01AA02, ATCvet code QG01AA02, ATCvet code QS01AA10, C33H47NO13, E235, Natacyn, Natamax, Pimaricin.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natamycin

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