Description: Anidulafungin is a semisynthetic echinocandin used as an antifungal drug. It may also have application in treating invasive Aspergillus infection.
Anidulafungin is a member of the class of antifungal drugs known as the echinocandins; its mechanism of action is by inhibition of (1→3)-β-D-glucan synthase, an enzyme important to the synthesis of the fungal cell wall.