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Abstract

Coronamycin is a complex of novel peptide antibiotics with activity against pythiaceous fungi and the human fungal pathogen . It is also active against the malarial parasite, , with an IC of 9·0 ng ml. Coronamycin is produced by a verticillate sp. isolated as an endophyte from an epiphytic vine, sp., found in the Manu region of the upper Amazon of Peru. Bioassay-guided fractionation of the fermentation broths of this endophyte on silica gel and HPLC chromatography yielded two principal, inseparable, peptides with masses of 1217·9 and 1203·8 Da. Three other minor, but related components, are also present in the preparation. Amino acid analysis of coronamycin revealed residues of component 1, component 2, methionine, tyrosine and leucine at a ratio of 2 : 2 : 1 : 1 : 3. Other compounds with antifungal activities are also produced by this endophytic streptomycete.

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