Antiparasitics

Avermectin B1a aglycone

Avermectin aglycone is an acid degradation product produced by hydrolysis of the disaccharide unit of avermectin. Avermectin aglycone is an inhibitor of nematode larval development, but is devoid of paralytic activity. Despite the importance of...

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Apicidin

Apicidin is a cyclic peptide antibiotic with broad spectrum antiparasitic and antiprotozoan activity. Apicidin, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, is anti-angiogenic and induces apoptosis.Apicidin is soluble in ethanol, methanol, DMF and DMSO and has...

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Enniatin B1

Enniatins are a family of depsipeptide ionophores produced by several Fusarium species. Recently, the effects of the enniatins on acyl-CoA cholesterol transferase, transporters and the selectivity of their antitumor action have received more focus...

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Fumagillin

Fumagillin is a polyene natural product and mycotoxin isolated from Aspergillus fumigatus in 1951 as a potent antiprotozoan for agents that cause amoebiasis. More recently, Fumagillin has been shown to inhibit endothelial cell proliferation and...

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Diacetylcercosporin

Diacetylcercosporin is a minor hydrophobic analogue of cercosporin produced by several species of the fungal genera, Cercospora and Septoria. Diacetylcercosporin has moderate in vitro activity against Leishmania and chloroquine-sensitive strains of...

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Doramectin Monosaccharide

Doramectin Monosaccharide is an acid degradation product produced by selective hydrolysis of the terminal saccharide unit of doramectin. Doramectin Monosaccharide is a potent inhibitor of nematode larval development, but is devoid of paralytic activity...

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Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid

Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid is small amphoteric polar metabolite produced by many Streptomyces species, often co-produced with its dimer, pyrocoll. Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid is an important dereplication standard in discovery, displaying a distinctive UV...

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10,11-dehydrocurvularin

Dehydrocurvularin is a 12-membered macrocyclic lactone incorporating a resorcinyl moiety, produced by a number of fungal species including Curvularia, Penicillium and Alternaria. Dehydrocurvularin inhibits cell division by disrupting mitotic spindle...

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Pyrenophorol

Pyrenophorol is a simple macrocyclic dilactone produced by a number of species of pathogenic fungi, including Byssochlamys, Stenphyllum, Alternaria and Drechslera, first reported in the late 1960s. Pyrenophorol exhibits antibiotic, herbicidal and...

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LL Z1640-4

LL Z1640-4 is a cis-enol resorcylic acid lactone first reported in 1978 exhibiting both antiviral and antiprotozoan activity. More recently, LL Z1640-2, containing the essential cis-enone system that selectively inhibits TAK 1, has gained literature...

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Caerulomycin

Caerulomycin is a rare and unusual antibiotic containing a core 2, 2'-bispyridyl with an oxime substituent, produced by a strain of Streptomyces caeruleus isolated in Canada in 1959. Caerulomycin is active against fungi and some protozoans, and is weakly...

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Aureothricin

Aureothricin is an antibiotic first described by Umezawa and co-workers in Japan in 1949. Resurgent interest in this class of microbial metabolites was stimulated by the discovery of their selective antitumor activity. Aureothricin is a more hydrophobic...

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