title: A new type of chemical modification of glycopeptides antibiotics: aminomethylated derivatives of eremomycin and their antibacterial activity.
abstract: A series of derivatives of eremomycin aminomethylated at the 7d position of the resorcinol ring of the amino acid No. 7 was prepared by interaction of eremomycin with formaldehyde and various primary and secondary amines and ammonia. The most active compound obtained was 7d-decylaminomethyl derivative, whose minimal inhibitory concentrations for clinical isolates of staphylococci are 2 approximately 8 times lower than those of the parent antibiotic. 7d-Decylaminomethyl derivative was also active against vancomycin-resistant VanA enterococci (8 microg/ml) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (16 microg/ml).
authors.affiliation: Institute of New Antibiotics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lazhko
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Preobrazhenskaya
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006020:Glycopeptides; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; C053759:eremomycin