Key Technical Papers on Natamycin

(1) Thoma, K.; Ku¨bler, N. New results in the photostability of antimycotics. In Drugs: Photochemistry and Photostability;Albini, A., Fasani, E., Eds.; The Royal Society of Chemistry:Cambridge, U.K., 1998; pp 116-133.

(2) Lu¨ck, E.; Jager, M. Natamycin. In Antimicrobial Food AdditiVes: Characteristics, Uses, Effects; Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany, 1997; pp 214-218.

(3) Thoma, K.; Ku¨bler, N. Photodegradation of antimycotic drugs 2. Communication: Photodegradation of polyene antibiotics.Pharmazie 1997, 52, 294-302.

(4) Gutteridge, J. M. C.; Thomas, A. H.; Cuthbert, A. Free radical damage to polyene antifungal antibiotics: Changes in biological activity and thiobarbituric acid reactivity. J. Appl. Biochem. 1983,5, 53-58.

(5) Brik, H. New high-molecular decomposition products of natamycin (pimaricin) with intact lactone-ring. J. Antibiot. 1976, 29, 632-637.

(6) Brik, H. Natamycin. In Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances; Florey, K., Ed.; Academic Press: New York, 1981; pp 513-561.

(7) Dekker, J.; Ark, P. A. Protection of antibiotic pimaricin from oxidation and ultraviolet light by chlorophyllin and other compounds. Antibiot. Chemother. (Washington, DC) 1959, 9, 327-332.

(8) Raab, W. P. Natamycin (Pimaricin): Its Properties and Possibilities in Medicine; Georg Thieme: Stuttgart, Germany, 1972.

(9) De Ruig, W. G.; Van Oostrom, J. J.; Leenheer, K. Spectrometric and liquid chromatographic determination of natamycin in cheese and cheese rind. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 1987, 70, 944-948.

(10) International Organization for Standardization. Cheese and Cheese RindsDetermination of Natamycin ContentsMethod by Molecular Absorption Spectrometry and by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; ISO Standard 9233; Geneva, Switzerland, 1991.

(11) International Dairy Federation. Cheese and Cheese Rind Determination of Natamycin Content Method by Molecular Absorption Spectrometry and by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; IDF Standard 140A; Brussels, Belgium, 1992. 

(12) Fletouris, D. J.; Botsoglou, N. A.; Mantis, A. J. Rapid spectrophotometric method for analyzing natamycin in cheese and cheese rind. J. AOAC Int. 1995, 78, 1024-1029.

(13) Capita´n-Vallvey, L. F.; Checa-Moreno, R.; Navas, N. Rapid ultraviolet spectrophotometric and liquid chromatographic methods for the determination of natamycin in lactoserum matrix. J. AOAC Int. 2000, 83, 802-808.