Ogawara H, Uchino K, Akiyama T, Watanabe S
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1985 May;38(5):587-91. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.38.587.
New 5'-nucleotidase inhibitors named melanocidins A and B were produced by Nocardioides sp. 1681 J. They were isolated from fermentation broth by trichloracetic acid extraction, ethanol precipitation and CM-cellulose and DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. They inhibited 5'-nucleotidase activity from snake venom but not from rat liver membrane at 200 micrograms/ml. They also show antitumor activity against melanoma B16.