candicidin candicidin candicidin is an antifungal compound obtained from streptomyces griseus. it is active against some fungi including candida albicans. candicidin is administered intravaginally in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis. candicidinclinical dataatc codeg01aa04 (who) identifiers iupac name 33--17--1,3,5,7,37-pentahydroxy-18-methyl-9,13,15-trioxo-16,39-dioxabicyclononatriaconta-19,21,23,25,27,29,31-heptaene-36-carboxylic acid cas number1403-17-4 ypubchem cid441142drugbankdb01152 ychemspider10128184 yunii48n2iyj202chemblchembl1200647 necha infocard100.014.330 chemical and physical dataformulac59h84n2o18molar mass1109.317 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles nc1ccc(cc1)c(=o)cc(o)c(c)cc(c)c3oc(=o)cc(=o)cccc(=o)cc(o)cc(o)cc(o)cc4(o)cc(o)c(c(=o)o)c(cc(oc2o(c)(o)(n)2o)c=cc=cc=cc=cc=cc=cc=cc3c)o4 inchi inchi=1s/c59h84n2o18/c1-35-18-15-13-11-9-7-5-6-8-10-12-14-16-21-46(77-58-55(72)53(61)54(71)38(4)76-58)31-50-52(57(73)74)49(69)34-59(75,79-50)33-45(66)29-44(65)28-43(64)27-41(62)19-17-20-42(63)30-51(70)78-56(35)37(3)26-36(2)47(67)32-48(68)39-22-24-40(60)25-23-39/h5-16,18,21-25,35-38,43-47,49-50,52-56,58,64-67,69,71-72,75h,17,19-20,26-34,60-61h2,1-4h3,(h,73,74)/b6-5-,9-7-,10-8-,13-11-,14-12-,18-15-,21-16-/t35?,36?,37?,38-,43?,44?,45?,46?,47?,49?,50?,52?,53+,54-,55+,56?,58?,59?/m1/s1 ykey:yksvglfnjpqdje-wdankxqlsa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify) this bioactive compound was named candicidin, because of its high activity on candida albicans.