Aoyama T, Kojima F, Yamazaki T, Tatee T, Abe F, Muraoka Y, Naganawa H, Aoyagi T, Takeuchi T
Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1993 May;46(5):712-8. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.712.
Benastatin C, a new member of the benastatins, has been isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. MI384-DF12. The structure of benastatin C was elucidated as 2-decarboxy-benastatin A by NMR studies. Benastatin D, 2-decarboxybenastatin B, was derived from benastatin B. Benastatins C and D showed inhibitory activities against human pi class glutathione S-transferase (GST pi) and excellent stimulatory activities on the murine lymphocyte blastogenesis in vitro.