Four new antibacterial xanthones from the marine-derived actinomycetes Streptomyces caelestis

Mar Drugs. 2012 Nov 20;10(11):2571-83. doi: 10.3390/md10112571.

Abstract

Four new polycyclic antibiotics, citreamicin θ A (1), citreamicin θ B (2), citreaglycon A (3), and dehydrocitreaglycon A (4), were isolated from marine-derived Streptomyces caelestis. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR spectra. All four compounds displayed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus subtillis. Citreamicin θ A (1), citreamicin θ B (2) and citreaglycon A (3) also exhibited low MIC values of 0.25, 0.25, and 8.0 μg/mL, respectively, against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ATCC 43300.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus haemolyticus / drug effects
  • Streptomyces / chemistry*
  • Xanthones / isolation & purification
  • Xanthones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Xanthones