Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Antifungal formulation comprising protoberberine derivatives and salts thereof
 The antifungal formulation comprising the novel compounds of the following chemical formulae (I) and (II) exhibit in vitro antifungal activity against fungi including cutaneous filamentous fungus, such as Epidermophyton, Microsporum, Trichophyton, Sporothrix schenckii, Aspergillus or Candida. The formulation of the present invention exhibit in vitro antifungal activity at the concentration of 1-100 .mu.g/ml. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.4 may be the same or different, and represent C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy, R.sup.3 represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl, A.sup.- represents inorganic acid ion, organic acid ion or halide, R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, pyridylmethyl, substituted pyridylmethyl or a group having the following chemical formula(XI) ##STR2## wherein Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, Z.sup.4 and Z.sup.5 may be the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, acetylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 trialkyl ammonium, guanidinyl, methylthio, ethylthio, trifluoromethoxy, hydroxy, phenoxy, vinyl, carboxyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkoxycarbonyl group. 
Hanwha Corporation
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Tae Neung Joon Seo Jung Ho Eui Deok Seung Un You Suk Young Ki
Jhong Park Kim Kim Kim Lee Paik