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Fludioxonil
Fludioxonil is employed as an agricultural fungicide to control plant-pathogenic fungi such as Botrytis cinerea. Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycetous human fungal pathogen that causes fatal disease in immunocompromised hosts.1
Formula: C12H6F2N2O2
CAS Number: 131341-86-1
Molecular Weight: 248.18
TEST SPECIFICATION RESULT
Appearance Colorless Crystal Complies
Melting Point 198 – 199.8oC 199.8oC
Water Content < 1.0% 0.54%
Assay > 95.0% 95.3%
Shipping Hazards: UN 3077, Class 9, PG III
Environmentally Hazardous Substance, solid, n.o.s.
1 Calcineurin, Mpk1 and Hog1 MAPK pathways independently control fludioxonil antifungal sensitivity in Cryptococcus neoformans - Kaihei Kojima, Yong-Sun Bahn and Joseph Heitman