Spicamycin Explained

Spicamycin is an antibiotic with the molecular formula C₃₀H₅₁N₇O₇ which is produced by the bacterium Streptomyces alanosinicus.^{[1] [2] [3]} Spicamycin also shows antitumor activity.^[3]

Further reading

• Suzuki . Tamotsu . Suzuki . Sayaka T. . Yamada . Iwao . Koashi . Yoshiaki . Yamada . Kazue . Chida . Noritaka . Total Synthesis of Spicamycin . The Journal of Organic Chemistry . 1 May 2002 . 67 . 9 . 2874–2880 . 10.1021/jo010925c. 11975540 .
• Suzuki . Tamotsu . Chida . Noritaka . The New and Efficient Synthesis of a Heptose Moiety of Spicamycin . Chemistry Letters . February 2003 . 32 . 2 . 190–191 . 10.1246/cl.2003.190.

Notes and References

1. Burger . AM . Kaur . G . Hollingshead . M . Fischer . RT . Nagashima . K . Malspeis . L . Duncan . KL . Sausville . EA . Antiproliferative activity in vitro and in vivo of the spicamycin analogue KRN5500 with altered glycoprotein expression in vitro. . Clinical Cancer Research . March 1997 . 3 . 3 . 455–63 . 9815705.
2. Septacidin . Pubchem.ncbi.NLM.nih.gov . en.
3. Book: Omura . Satoshi . The Search for Bioactive Compounds from Microorganisms . 6 December 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-1-4612-4412-7 . 107 . en.