Antimicrobials

Kendomycin

Kendomycin is an unusual macrocyclic metabolite containing a rare quinone methide group. Kendomycin is a potent antibacterial agent against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, including MRSA strains, also displaying antitumor activity. Kendomycin...

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Beauvericin

Beauvericin is a cyclic depsipeptide isolated from several fungal genera, notably Beauveria and Fusarium, first reported in 1969. Beauvericin exhibits broad antifungal, antibacterial, antiprotozoan and insecticidal activities.Beauvericin is soluble...

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Epigallocatechin Gallate

Epigallocatechin Gallate, the catechin found in green tea (Camellia sinensis), has been reported to have an exhaustive list of promising bioactivity. It has antiparasitic activity against Leishmania, antiviral activity against influenza A and hepatitis B...

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Nourseothricin (Streptothricin) Sulfate

Nourseothricin (Streptothricin) Sulfate is a broad-spectrum Streptothricin antibiotic and peptidyl nucleoside derived from Streptomyces noursei.  Structurally, itis a streptolidine ring bound through carbon 1 of a 4-o-acetyl,N-poly-lysinylated...

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Germicidin A

Germicidin A is a pyranone isolated from Streptomyces sp. in 1993. Germicidin A is an extremely potent autoregulator of the sporulation of the producing strain and spores of closely related species. Inhibition is detected at 0.1 ng/ml and is orders of...

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Germicidin B

Germicidin B is a pyranone isolated from Streptomyces sp. Germicidin B is a potent autoregulator of the sporulation of the producing strain and spores of closely related species. Inhibition is detected at 0.1 ng/ml and is orders of magnitude more potent...

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Sulfamethoxazole

Sulfamethoxazole is a bacteriostatic sulfonamide antibiotic that was first synthesized in 1957 by researchers at Shionogi Inc. in Japan and launched as Sinomin.  Sulfamethoxazole has broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and is commonly formulated...

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Thimerosal

Thimerosal or Thiomersal is an organomercury compound with antibacterial and antifungal properties. Thimerosal was first patented by Morris Kharasch from the University of Maryland in 1927, and later given the trade name Merthiolate by Eli Lilly and...

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Deacetylanisomycin

Deacetylanisomycin is the core structure of a family of dihydroxypyrrolidines produced by several species of Streptomyces. Anisomycin esters are potent inhibitors of protein synthesis. While considered inactive, deacetylanisomycin is a potent growth...

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Cetylpyridinium Chloride

Cetylpyridinium Chloride (syn: CPC) is a cationic quaternary ammonium antiseptic compound commonly used in oral hygiene products as well as nasal sprays and some pesticide formulations.  An antibacterial with broad-spectrum activity, it can be used...

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Citromycetin

Citromycetin was independently isolated and named from a number of different fungal species during the 1930s to 1950s and subsequently shown to be identical. Citromycetin is active against Gram positive bacteria. NCI studies demonstrated the lack of...

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Cellocidin

Cellocidin is a small neutral alkyne produced by a number of Streptomyces species, first discovered by Suzuki and colleagues in 1958. Cellocidin has a broad antibacterial, antifungal and antitumor profile due to its ability to react with endogenous...

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