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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eric W. Schmidt, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Joseph O. Falkinham, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Peter W. Jeffs, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention relates to isolated compounds useful as antifungal agents, for example, compounds having a structure represented by a formula: wherein Ris hydrogen or hydroxyl; wherein Ris hydrogen, a-xylose or β-xylose; and wherein Rand Rare each hydrogen or together oxygen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; methods of isolating and purifying same; pharmaceutical compositions comprising same; agricultural compositions comprising same; and methods of treating and/or preventing fungal infections using same. In one aspect, Ris not hydrogen or β-xylose when Ris hydroxyl and Rand Rare together oxygen. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.