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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
John M Webster, North Vancouver, B.C., CA;
Jianxiong Li, Port Moody, BC, CA;
Genhui Chen, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CA;
Other;
Abstract
The invention is drawn to an antibiotic, NEMATOPHIN, 3-indoleethyl 3'-methyl-2-oxo-pentanamide (+stereoisomer, -stereoisomer and racemic mixture) and its derivatives, 3-indoleethyl 2-oxo-alkanamides, 3-indoleethyl 2-oxo-alkanoates with or without substitute(s) on the indole ring, produced by bacterial symbiont Xenorhabdus nematophilus and/or other Xenorhabdus species or synthesized by reaction of tryptamine or substituted tryptamine and 2-oxo-alkanoic acid or its derivative, the additional salts thereof, the pharmaceutical compositions thereof and their use as medicaments, particularly in the treatment of infectious diseases involving microorganisms susceptible to them, including antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus.