Phenethyl alcohol and tryptophol: autoantibiotics produced by the fungus Candida albicans

  • Science. 1969 Jan 10;163(3863):192-4. doi: 10.1126/science.163.3863.192.
B T Lingappa ,  M Prasad ,  Y Lingappa ,  D F Hunt ,  K Biemann
PMID: 5762768 DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3863.192
Abstract

Two autoantibiotics produced by the fungus Candida albicans have been identified, with the aid of mass spectrometry, as 2-phenylethanol and 3-beta-hydroxyethylindole. The cyclodipeptides, cyclo(proline-leucine) and cyclo(proline-phenylalanine) were also isolated from cultures of Candida albicans, but did not inhibit the growth of the fungus.

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