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US 5,494,931 AGranted
Acidic polycyclic ether antibiotic
AssigneePfizer Inc.
InventorsWalter P. Cullen, John P. Dirlam, Hiroshi Maeda, Junsuke Tone
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Abstract
An acidic polycyclic ether antibiotic, having structure established by X-ray crystallography, is formed by fermentation of a novel microorganism, Actinomadura sp. ATCC 55080. This novel antibiotic is useful as an anticoccidial in poultry, in the prevention and treatment of swine dysentery and as a growth promotant in cattle and swine.
Claims5
A compound of the formula ##STR2## or a pharmaceutically acceptable cationic salt thereof, wherein Me represents CH.sub.3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.