1991/01/01 by KIN SING LAM, Kin S. Lam, GRACE A. HESLER +9
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Marine Sponges and Natural Products #Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis #Tannin, Tannase and Anticancer Activities
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Strain L585-6 (ATCC 53650) is an actinomycete isolated from a soil sample collected in Maharastra State, India. It produces a new chromoprotein antitumor antibiotic, designated kedarcidin. Taxonomic studies demonstrated that strain L585-6 is an unidentified and unknown actinomycete. Kedarcidin shows potent antitumor activity against implanted P388 leukemia (3.3 micrograms/ml/kg) and B16 melanoma (2 micrograms/kg) in mice. Kedarcidin also shows potent antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria but no activity against Gram-negative bacteria.