| Literature DB >> 26758492 |
Takuji Nakashima1, Rei Miyano2, Masato Iwatsuki1,2, Tatsuya Shirahata3, Toru Kimura2, Yukihiro Asami1, Yoshinori Kobayashi3, Kazuro Shiomi1,2, George A Petersson4, Yōko Takahashi1, Satoshi Ōmura1.
Abstract
A new natural product, designated iminimycin A, was isolated from the cultured broth of a streptomycin-producing microbial strain, Streptomyces griseus OS-3601, via a physicochemical screening method using HP-20, silica gel and ODS column chromatographies and subsequent preparative HPLC. Iminimycin A is an indolizidine alkaloid, containing of an unusual iminium group and a cyclopropane ring with a triene side chain. The absolute configuration of iminimycin A was elucidated by NMR studies and electronic circular dichroism analysis. Iminimycin A shows anti-bacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Kocuria rhizophila and Xanthomonas campestris pv. orizae, and cytotoxic activity against HeLa S3 and Jurkat cells with IC50 values of 43 and 36 μM, respectively.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26758492 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2015.142
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Antibiot (Tokyo) ISSN: 0021-8820 Impact factor: 2.649