Antifungalagent20 demonstrates significant antifungal efficacy against a range of fungal pathogens including Colletotrichum gloeosprioides, Rhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora nicotianae var. nicotianae, Diplodia pinea, Colletotrichum acutatum, and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum.
Heronamide C, a polyketide macrolactam antifungalagent synthesized by marine Actinomycetes, exhibits selective toxicity by inhibiting growth and promoting abnormal cell wall material accumulation in wild-type fission yeast cells (MIC = 0.13-0.28 μM), without affecting Gram-positive bacteria or human cancer cell lines, HeLa and MDA-MB-231. At 20 μM, it triggers reversible morphological alterations, notably the development of large intracellular structures, in HeLa cells.