Brasiliquinones A, B and C, new benz[a]anthraquinone antibiotics from Nocardia brasiliensis. I. Producing strain, isolation and biological activities of the antibiotics

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-21

  Nemoto, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Yasushi ^a   Karasaki, Yasumi ^a   Komaki, Hisayuki ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^a   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a   Tojo, Takashi ^b   Kadowaki, Kiyoshi ^b   Tsuda, Masashi ^c   Kobayashi, Jun'ichi ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BRASILIQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DOXORUBICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUKEMIA L 1210; LEUKEMIA P 388; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 15644382971     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.50.18     Document Type: Article

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