After its discovery in 1931, substance P (SP) remained the only mammalian member of the family of tachykinin peptides for several decades. Tachykinins thus refer to peptides sharing the common C-terminal amino acid sequence Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met x NH2. In recent years the family of mammalian tachykinins
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Since the last two decades, the incidence of invasive fungal infections has drastically increased. It becomes urgent to enlarge the panel of antifungal drugs with more potent activity and less toxicity. Since the target of all previously available antifungal agents is the synthesis of