The Journal of Antibiotics
Online ISSN : 1881-1469
Print ISSN : 0021-8820
ISSN-L : 0021-8820
Spirofungin, a New Antifungal Antibiotic from Streptomyces violaceusniger Tü 4113
ALEXANDRA HÖLTZEL, CHRISTOPH KEMPTER, JÖRG W. METZGER, GÜNTHER JUNG, INGRID GROTH, THOMAS FRITZ, HANS-PETER FIEDLER
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

1998 Volume 51 Issue 8 Pages 699-707

Details
Abstract
A new secondary metabolite was detected in the culture filtrate and extracts of Streptomyces violaceusniger Tü 4113 by HPLC-diode-array and HPLC-electrospray-mass-spectrometry screening. The compound named spirofungin has a polyketide-spiroketal structure and shows various antifungal activities, particularly against yeasts.
Content from these authors
© Japan Antibiotics Research Association
Previous article Next article
Favorites & Alerts

Recently viewed articles
Predecessor

The Journal of Antibiotics, Series A

Share this page
feedback
 Top