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US 5,352,783 AGranted
Microbial transformation product having immunosuppressive activity
AssigneeMerck & Co., Inc.
InventorsAli Shafiee, Byron H. Arison, Shieh-Shung T. Chen, Randall R. Miller, Ralph A. Stearns
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Abstract
Microbial transformation of a macrolide immunosuppressant by the microorganism Streptomyces sp., (Merck Culture Collection MA 6960) ATCC No. 55387 yields a compound of the structural formula (I): ##STR1## This compound is an immunosuppressant useful in a mammalian host for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, the prevention of rejection of foreign organ transplants and/or related afflictions, diseases and illnesses.
Claims1
A compound of formula I:
- ##STR7## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.