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. 2007 Apr 9;51(6):2253–2256. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01536-06

TABLE 3.

IC50 for glucan synthase from Candida and Aspergillus

Strain EC50 of drug for glucan synthase (ng/ml)a
Caspofungin
Micafungin
Anidulafungin
0 10 20 50 0 10 20 50 0 10 20 50
A. fumigatus
    R21 1.6 2.7 3.6 10.3 3.7 6.2 10.3 23.2 0.75 1.9 3.1 11.9
    MF5668 1.1 1.0 3.2 4.8 2.2 3.2 3.3 7.6 0.29 5.5 6.9 28.1
    ATCC 13073 2.0 2.8 5.9 9.4 2.0 4.7 7.5 9.8 13.3 21.4 77.4
C. albicans
    ATCC 90028 0.3 1.3 2.1 6.3 18.0 28.4 50.1 90.2 1.00 4.72 18.6 24.7
    ATCC 36082 0.9 2.8 5.3 8.7 10.8 23.7 31.4 57.0 18.5 24.0 71.4
    SC5314 14.7 27.0 36.9 80.5 26.9 32.6 50.6 89.7 17.1 15.3 74.7 89.0
a

EC50s (50% effective concentrations) of each drug are sorted by percentage of serum used (given below drug name).