Polyamine Metabolism in Fungi with Emphasis on Phytopathogenic Species

Table 2

Effect of polyamine inhibitors on fungal growth.

Fungus	DFMO	DFMA	MGBG	Reference
C. gloesporioides			+	[47]
S. tritici	−			[41]
U. maydis	−			[41]
S. nodorum	−			[52]
P. avenae	−			[52]
O. ulmi	−			[52]
S. sclerotiorum	+	+		[42, 48]
P. sojae	+			[48]
C. truncatum	+			[42]
R. solani	+			[40]
B. cinerea	+			[43–45]
F. oxysporum	+			[43–45]
C. carbonum	+			[43–45]
P. infestans	+			[40]
B. cinerea		+		[40]
P. infestans		+		[40]

+: growth inhibition; −: no inhibition of growth. DFMO: D, L-α-difluoromethylornithine, ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor. DFMA: difluoromethylarginine, arginine decarboxylase inhibitor. MGBG: methyglyoxal bis-[guanyl hydrazone], adenosylmethionine decarboxylase inhibitor.