Compound class:
Natural product
Comment: Altromycin B is a pluramycin-like, anthraquinone antitumour antibacterial that was developed for Gram-negative activity [1-2]. It was isolated from a soil-dwelling actinomycete, AB 1246E-26. As it is a DNA minor groove binder and DNA alkylator it is likely highly toxic.
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Bioactivity Comments |
MICs for antibacterial activity against Streptococci and Staphylococci are in the 0.2-3.12 μg/ml range [2]. |