title: In vivo efficacy of antifungal oxoaporphine alkaloids in experimental disseminated candidiasis.
abstract: The efficacy of three antifungal oxoaporphine alkaloids, liriodenine, liriodenine methiodide, and oxoglaucine methiodide, was determined in a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis. Mice infected with a lethal dose of Candida albicans NIH B311 were administered varying doses of each drug intraperitoneally or intravenously 7 hr postinfection. Reductions in the number of colony-forming units (CFU) recovered per milligram of kidney tissue were observed in drug-treated animals compared to vehicle-treated control mice. Significance was determined by the Wilcoxon nonparametric rank sum test. Intravenous administration of both liriodenine and liriodenine methiodide resulted in a significant reduction in the number of recovered CFU, while there was no significant response to treatment with oxoglaucine methiodide.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001060:Aporphines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D001060:Aporphines; C059505:liriodenine methiodide; C059507:oxoglaucine methiodide; C026980:liriodenine