Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation

Takeshi Uchida

Hamao Umezawa

Tomio Takeuchi

Masa Hamada

Hiroshi Naganawa

Tsutomu Sawa

Masaya Imoto

Kunio Isshiki

Hironobu Iinuma

Disclosed is a novel physiologically active substance, MH435, represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents either of the following groups A and B A: --CH.dbd.CH--NHCHO

Novel physiologically active substance MH435

An anthracycline, serirubicin, of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents the substituent: ##STR2## is produced by a process which comprises cultivating a strain of Streptomyces in a suitable culture medium under aerobic conditions, said strain having the ability to produce the anthracycline compound, serirubicin, and then recovering the anthracycline compound, serirubicin, from the cultured medium. This serirubicin, or an acid addition salt of the serirubicin, can be contained as the active ingredient in anti-tumor agents and in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of infections induced by gram-positive microorganisms, whereby good results are attainable.

Serirubicum

An anthracycline compound, ditrisarubicin, of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents one of the following substituents (A), (B), and (C): ##STR2## is produced by a process which comprises cultivating a strain of Streptomyces in a suitable culture medium under aerobic conditions, said strain having the ability to produce the anthracycline compound, ditrisarubicin, and then recovering the anthracycline compound, ditrisarubicin, from the cultured medium. This ditrisarubicin, or an acid addition salt of the ditrisarubicin, can be contained as the active ingredient in antitumor agents and in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of infections induced by gram-positive microorganisms, whereby good results are attainable.

Anthracycline compounds

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