AMYCOMYCIN, METHOD FOR ITS PREPARING AND ITS APPLYING AS PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: biotechnology, medicine, antibiotics.

SUBSTANCE: invention proposes to the new compound amycomycin of the molecular formula C₆₅H₁₁₅NO₁₈ (structural formula is given on the invention claim) that shows an antibacterial activity. Amycomycin, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives in all their stereoisomeris and tautomeric forms can be obtained by culturing microorganism Amycolatopsis sp. ST 101170 (DSM 12216) under aerobic conditions on the nutrient medium containing the necessary nutrient components. The end product is isolated and purified and converted if necessary to its pharmacologically acceptable salt, ester, ether and other chemical derivatives and eliciting the same spectrum of antibacterial activity. Amycomycin is a component of the pharmaceutical composition eliciting an antibacterial activity. Amycomycin acts as an antibiotic. Invention provides inhibition of microorganisms with resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin used in treatment of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

EFFECT: improved preparing method, valuable medicinal properties of amycomycin.

7 cl, 2 tbl, 4 ex