1. Ambruticin (W7783), a new antifungal antibiotic
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G. Kanter, M. Von Strandtmann, Ann Gutt, Sidney Roemer, R. C. Greenough, Samuel M. Ringel, David T. Connor, and B. Blair
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Pharmacology ,Polyangium ,Myxobacteriales ,Antifungal Agents ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Spectrophotometry, Infrared ,biology ,medicine.drug_class ,Antifungal antibiotic ,fungi ,Antibiotics ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,AMBRUTICIN ,biology.organism_classification ,Mass Spectrometry ,Microbiology ,Lethal Dose 50 ,Mice ,Fermentation ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,Animals ,Myxococcales ,Bacteria ,Pyrans - Abstract
Ambruticin represents a new class of antibiotics isolated from a strain of Polyangium cellulosum var. firlvum, a bacterium belonging to the class Myxobacteriales. This antibiotic is a cyclopropyl-polyene-pyran acid and is active in vitro against fungi.
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- 1977
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