US Patent Issued to Korea University Research and Business Foundation on April 14 for "Antifungal composition containing carbazole compound as active ingredient" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,601, issued on April 14, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antifungal composition containing carbazole compound as active ingredient" was invented by Joon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Kwang Park (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an antifungal composition containing a carbazole compound as an active ingredient. The carbazole compound according to the present invention inhibits the growth of not only Candida but also fungi such as yeast, and neutralizes the pathogenicity of Candida by inhibiting morphological transformation...