how does an antifungul work?

Answer 1

Exactly how an antifungal kills fungus depends on the type of medication you are talking about. Most of them either disrupt the cell membrane of the individual fungus cells or they prevent the DNA synthesis the cells must conduct to reproduce. Most of the antifungal preparations on the market are a combination of these two actions. There are other more indepth explainations available on the web, if you are really curious and want to know the actual specifics. If not, then basically, antifungals work by either destroying the cell walls that hold the fungus cells together, or by preventing them from reproducing.