Novel antifungal antibiotics octacosamicins A and B. I. Taxonomy, fermentation and isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1988 Nov;41(11):1525-32. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.41.1525.

Abstract

Two antifungal antibiotics octacosamicins A and B were isolated from the culture broth of a strain of actinomycetes, which was identified as a strain of Amycolatopsis. These antibiotics were isolated by resin adsorption and purified by column chromatography and preparative HPLC. Both antibiotics were found to be new substances from their physico-chemical properties. They showed broad antifungal spectra.

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / classification*
  • Actinomycetales / metabolism
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Fermentation
  • Guanidines

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Guanidines
  • octacosamicin B
  • octacosamicin A