Antibiotic nanaomycin E and a process for producing the same
US4296040A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 1970 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 1990 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/886
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention teaches a new antibiotic nanaomycin E represented by the formula: ##STR1## Nanaomycin E is active against Gram-positive bacteria, Trichophyton and Mycoplasma and may be used as antibacterial and therapeutic agents for humans and animals. Nanaomycin E is also a useful starting maerial for the preparation of nanaomycin A which latter nanaomycin has the highest activity among the various nanaomycin-type compounds. Nanaomycin E is produced by fermentation of a microorganism belonging to the genus Streptomyces and capable of producing nanaomycin E, especially Streptomyces rosa variant notoensis (FERM-P 2209; ATCC 31135) and recovering the same from the fermented liquor.
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