Antitumor-Antibiotics

Gilvocarcins, new antitumor antibiotics. 3. Antitumor activity.

Gilvocarcin V, isolated rom a Streptomyces culture showed activity against experimental tumors such as sarcoma 180, Ehrlich carcinoma, Meth 1 fibrosarcoma, MH134 hepatoma and lymphocytic leukemia P388. In particular, 40% of treated mice survived for 60 days, after intraperitoneal administration of gilvocarcin V to mice bearing Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. But it was marginally active against B16...

Tetrocarcins, novel antitumor antibiotics. II. Isolation, characterization and antitumor activity.

Novel antitumor antibiotics, tetrocarcin complex composed of three components (A, B and C) were isolated from the culture broth of Micromonospora chalcea KY11091 through various procedures. Tetrocarcins showed marked activity against experimental tumors such as mouse sarcoma 180 and mouse leukemia P388. Multiple injections showed better therapeutic effect against tumors. Mode of action of tetro...

Tetrocarcins, new antitumor antibiotics. 3. Antitumor activity of tetrocarcin A.

Tetrocarcin A, isolated from a Micromonospora culture showed activity against experimental i.p. inoculated tumors such as Ehrlich carcinoma, MH134 hepatoma, B16 melanoma. But it was not active against solid tumors such as sarcoma 180 and Ehrlich carcinoma. It was marginally active against the growth of solid Lewis lung carcinoma without prolonging the life span of the tumor-bearing mice. It was...

Antitumor antibiotics: bleomycin, enediynes, and mitomycin.

Gilvocarcins, new antitumor antibiotics. 2. Structural elucidation.

Gilvocarcin V(1), C27H28O9, m.p. 264 approximately 267 degrees C (dec.), and gilvocarcin M(2), C26H26O9, m.p. 245 approximately 248 degrees C (dec.), are new antitumor antibiotics produced by Streptomyces gilvotanareus. The structure of gilvocarcins has been determined by chemical degradation, nmr and mass spectra. They have a benzonaphtopyran-one system, to which the furanose moiety is linked ...