Phenethyl Alcohol and Tryptophol: Autoantibiotics Produced by the Fungus Candida albicans

Two autoantibiotics produced by the fungus Candida albicans have been identified, with the aid of mass spectrometry, as 2-phenylethanol and 3-β-hydroxyethylindole. The cyclodipeptides, cyclo(proline-leucine) and cyclo(proline-phenylalanine) were also isolated from cultures of Candida albicans , but did not inhibit the growth of the fungus.