Cidaria D, Borgonovi G, Pirali G
Istituto Guido Donegani, ENICHEM, Novara, Italy.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1993 Feb;46(2):251-4. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.251.
AB023 is a complex of polyene antibiotics produced by an actinomycete, SD581, which was isolated from a Kenyan soil sample. The two main components, pentaene antibiotics AB023a and AB023b, have antifungal activity against some phytopathogenic fungi, particularly against Botrytis cinerea (MIC of 5 micrograms/ml).