Oka M, Iimura S, Tenmyo O, Sawada Y, Sugawara M, Ohkusa N, Yamamoto H, Kawano K, Hu S L, Fukagawa Y
Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1993 Mar;46(3):367-73. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.367.
Terpestacin, a new antibiotic which inhibits syncytium formation, was isolated from Arthrinium sp. FA1744 (ATCC 74132). The structure of terpestacin was elucidated as a bicyclic sesterterpene on the basis of spectroscopic data and chemical derivatization.