Epothilone d production process, and its use as cytostatic as well as phytosanitary agents

摘要

Epothilone derivatives are obtained by: (1) cultivation of Sorangium cellulosum DSM 6773 in the presence of an absorption resin; (2) separation of the resin and culture followed by washing with aqueous methanol; (3) eluting the washed resin with methanol and reducing the extract; (4) partitioning the extract between methanol and hexane; (5) reducing the methanolic phase and fractionating it on a Sephadex column, and (6) isolation of the epothilones by chromatography using a methanol/water mixture. Epothilone A is followed by epothilone B, and two further fractions.