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Published on: June 3, 2012
Anti-influenza virus compound from Streptomyces sp. RI18
Motoki Takagi1, Keiichiro Motohashi, Aya Nagai
1Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan. motoki-takagi@aist.go.jp
Abstract:
Screening for anti-influenza virus activity in compounds isolated from Streptomyces sp. RI18, which was isolated using the membrane filter method, uncovered a novel compound, JBIR-68 (1), which contains a unique skeleton. Its structure was established by extensive NMR and MS analyses. In addition, 1 was synthesized to confirm the configuration of its sugar moiety. Compound 1 inhibited influenza virus growth in plaque assays.
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