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Anicemycin
Anicemycin inhibited anchorage-independent growth of tumor cells
July 28th, 2005
Anicemycin was suggested to inhibit anchorage-independent growth of tumor cells. According to a study from Japan, "The anchorage-independence of cells is closely related to their tumorigenicity. In the screening of inhibitors of anchorage-independent growth of tumor cells, anicemycin was isolated from the fermentation broth of an actinomycete strain TP-A0648." "The producing strain was isolated from a leaf of Aucuba japonica collected in Toyama, Japan and identified as Streptomyces sp. based on the taxonomic data. The structure of anicemycin was elucidated as a new analog of spicamycin by NMR and MS analysis," explained Y. Igarashi and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-28)
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