title: Dactylfungins, novel antifungal antibiotics produced by Dactylaria parvispora.
abstract: Novel antifungal antibiotics, designated as dactylfungins A (1) and B (3), were isolated from the culture broth of Dactylaria parvispora D500. Dactylfungins A and B were found to be new substances containing an alpha-pyrone and a gamma-pyrone ring, respectively, which conjoined with a polyalcohol moiety and a long side chain, based on NMR spectral analyses. The antibiotics were active against Candida pseudotropicalis and other fungi, with an MIC value at less than 10 micrograms/ml.
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Laboratory, Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xaio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumazawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005285:Fermentation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000737:chemistry*; D011753:Pyrones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D011753:Pyrones; C079810:dactylfungin A; C079811:dactylfungin B