| 摘要 |
A compound of formula (II), named pseudomonic acid C or a salt or ester thereof: <IMAGE> (II) has antibacterial and anti-mycoplasma activity, and can be produced either by fermentation of Pseudomonas fluorescens, or by de-oxygenation of pseudomonic acid A, the compound having a epoxide in place of the double bond. The compounds are therefore useful in the treatment of human and veterinary bacterial and mycoplasma-induced infections. |
