Antifungal compound and AFC complex produced from actinomadura SCC 1838
AssigneeSchering Corporation
InventorsVinod R. Hegde, Mahesh G. Patel, Ann C. Horan, Ingrid-Agneta Gunnarsson
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Abstract
The invention relates to an antifungal compound of the following structural formula ##STR1## which is isolated from the AFC complex elaborated by the microorganism Actinomadura sp: nov SCC 1838, ATCC 53656.
Claims5
The compound represented by the formula ##STR3## in racemic or optically active form, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
AFC complex produced by cultivating a strain of Actinomadura sp. SCC 1838 having the identifying characteristics of ATCC 53656 in a pH and temperature-controlled aqueous nutrient medium having assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen under controlled aerobic conditions until a composition of matter having substantial antifungal activity is produced.
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