Table 2: The antifungal activity of cysteine and its derivatives against Scedosporium isolates.
aCBS, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
bDC, D-cysteine; LC, L-cysteine; LCME, L-cysteine-methyl ester hydrochloride; NIDC, N-isobutyryl-D-cysteine; NILC, N-isobutyryl-L-cysteine.
Species (Strain numbera) | Source | Mean MICs of cysteine and its derivativesb (μg/ml) |
DC | LC | LCME | NIDC | NILC |
S. aurantiacum (CBS 116910) | Wound exudate/Spain | >1024 | >1024 | 512 | >1024 | 1024 |
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136046) | Human lung/Australia | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136047) | Soil/Australia | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136049) | Soil/Austria | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
S. boydii (CBS 117410) | Soil/Spain | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
S. boydii (CBS 117432) | Sputum/France | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
S. boydii (CBS 120157) | Human lung/France | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
P. angusta (CBS 254.72) | Sewage/USA | >1024 | >1024 | 1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
P. ellipsoidea (CBS 301.79) | Dung/The Netherlands | >1024 | >1024 | >1024 | >1024 | >1024 |
MIC range | | >1024 | >1024 | 512 - >1024 | >1024 | 1024 - >1024 |