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US 3,983,140 AGranted
Physiologically active substances
AssigneeSankyo Company, Limited
InventorsAkira Endo, Masao Kuroda, Akira Terahara, Yoshio Tsujita, Chihiro Tamura
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Abstract
Physiologically active substances ML-236 of the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R is hydrogen atom, hydroxy group or 2-methylbutyryloxy group having cholesterol- and lipid-lowering effects in blood and liver and thus utility as hypocholesteremic and hypolipemic medicaments. They are obtained by cultivation of an ML-236-producing microorganism belonging to the genus Penicillium in a culture medium and subsequent recovery thereof from a cultured broth.
Claims4
A compound having the formula ##SPC4##
- wherein R is hydrogen atom, hydroxy group or 2-methylbutyryloxy group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.