Year: 1975
Type: article
Abstract: Sir:Calvatic acid is a new antibiotic isolated from fermentation of a mushroom, Calvatia craniformis (SHW.)FR.After we had completed this study, we read the recent publication by GASCO et a1.1) on the same compound which is produced by Calvatia lilacina (BERK.)HENN.P. In this report, the production, isolation, physico-chemical properties, structural determination, total synthesis and biological activities of calvatic acid (I) and related synthetic compounds are presented.
Source: The Journal of Antibiotics
Authors: HAMAO UMEZAWA, TOMIO TAKEUCHI, HIRONOBU IINUMA, MANABU ITO, MASAAKI ISHIZUKA, YASUO KURAKATA, YOSHIHISA UMEDA, YOSHIKUNI NAKANISHI, TERUYA NAKAMURA, AKIRA OBAYASHI, OSAMU TANABE
Institution: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1977010049