Physiologically active substance FA-5859, its derivative, their production and use
US4521432A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12R2001/66
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Physiologically active substance FA-5859 and its deacetyl compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group, are produced by a cultivation of a microorganism of the genus Emericella or Aspergillus (compound wherein R.sub.1 is an acetyl group) or by a method of chemical synthesis (compound wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group). Said compounds or a salt thereof have excellent fatty acid degradation inhibiting activity and is useful as an antidiabetic agent in mammalian animals or as a biochemical reagent for studies on fatty acid metabolism.
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