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US 4,360,462 AGranted
Process for preparing maytansinol
AssigneeTakeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
InventorsEiji Higashide, Mitsuko Asai, Seiichi Tanida
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Abstract
A novel Antibiotic C-15003 is produced by cultivating a microorganism of the genus Nocardia. The Antibiotic C-15003 is useful as an antifungal agent or an antiprotozoan agent.
Claims3
A method of producing a compound of the formula:
- ##STR9## which comprises subjecting Antibiotic C-15003 of the formula:
- ##STR10## wherein R represents ##STR11## --CO--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.3 or ##STR12## to reductive hydrolysis.
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