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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960925
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Armillaric Acid, A New Antibiotic Produced by Armillaria mellea

Tadashi Obuchi1 , Hideaki Kondoh1 , Naoharu Watanabe1 , Masaharu Tamai1 , Sadafumi Imura1 , Yang Jun-Shan2 , Liang Xiao-Tian2
  • 1Research Center, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-403 Yoshino-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330, Japan
  • 2Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Publication History

1989

Publication Date:
05 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

A new antibiotic armillaric acid (2), has been isolated from the cultured mycelia of Armillaria mella (Vahl. ex Fr.) Quel (Trichlometaceae). Its structure was elucidated on the basis of the spectral data. Compound 2 exhibits inhibitory activity against gram-positive bacteria and yeast.

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