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. 2023 Jul 24;56:e0121-2023. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0121-2023

TABLE 1: Lead molecules selected from natural sources with antifungal activity against Cryptococcus spp. that have been identified in recent years.

Source Natural source Compound/ chemical class Reference
Plant Ocimum basilicum (Linnaeus) Sesquiterpenes (80)
Lafoensia pacari (St-Hilaire) Punicalagin (tannins) (81)
Thymus vulgaris (Linnaeus) Terpenoids (82)
Xylosma prockia (Turcz) Phenolic metabolites (83)
Uvaria comperei (Le Thomas) Alkaloid and flavonoids (84)
Gentiana crassicaulis (Duthie ex Burkill) Bisphosphocholines (85)
Chromolaena odorata (Linnaeus) Flavonoids (86)
Cistus ladanifer (Linnaeus) Terpenoids (87)
Hypoxis daylily (Linnaeus) Benzoylcyclopropane derivatives (88)
Annona mucosa (Jacquin) Liriodenine (89)
Verbesina turbacensis (Kunth) Hydroxycinnamic esters (90)
Fungus Pestalotiopsis sp. Pestalactams (91)
Auxarthron / Pseudauxarthron Phenalenones and cyclic tetrapeptides (92)
Ruby discosia Chaetoglobosins (93)
Preussia typharum Macrolides (94)
Aspergillus terreus Terrestrial (95)
Sodiomyces alkalinus Hydrophobins (96)
Animal Hippospongia sp. Sesquiterpene quinones (97)
Plakortis zyggompha and Plakortis halichondrioides Plakinic acid and plakortides (98)
Tetrigone melanoleuca and Tetragonula laeviceps Propolis (99)
Meccus pallidipennis and Rhodnius prolixus Peptides (100)
Bacterium Streptomyces clavuligerus Ibomycin (101)