EPR studies of Cladosporium cladosporioides complexes with amphotericin B

Free radicals in Cladosporium cladosporioides cultured with amphotericin B were spectroscopically studied. The effect of drug concentrations on free radicals in the fungal melanin biopolymer was examined. It was pointed out that the concentrations of free radicals in the complexes of Cladosporium cladosporioides mycelium with amphotericin B depend on the drug concentrations. Eumelanin dominates in the fungal studied samples. The slow spin-lattice relaxation processes exist in the tested samples. Free radicals take a part in the formation of Cladosporium cladosporioides mycelium complexes with amphotericin B.