Lin L Z, Blaskó G, Cordell G A
Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.
J Nat Prod. 1988 Nov-Dec;51(6):1161-5. doi: 10.1021/np50060a018.
Herbimycin A [1] and herbimycin C [3] and their dihydro-derivatives 5 and 6, respectively, have been obtained from the cell broth of Streptomyces hygroscopicus, and the assignment of their 1H-nmr has been completed. Strong cytotoxic activity of antibiotics 1, 3, 5, and 6 against the P-388 and KB lymphocytic leukemia test systems has been demonstrated.