摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a substance having inhibitory activity against sphingomyelinase, useful for preventing and treating diseases such as arteriosclerosis, inflammation, diabetes, etc., and immunological function-related diseases. SOLUTION: This substance is obtained by culturing a fungus capable of producing FOM-8,108 substance in a medium, accumulating the FOM-8,108 substance in a culture solution and collecting the FOM-8,108 substance from the culture product.
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