Olivomycin and related antibiotics XXVIII. Monomeric composition of aureolic acid and proof that the antibiotics LA-7017 and mithramycin are identical to it
Summary1. It has been shown that aureolic acid, antibiotic LA-7017, and mithramycin are identical.2. It has been established that aureolic acid is a glycoside of chromomycinone (I) and contains the monosaccharides D-olivose (II), D-oliose (III), and D-mycarose (IV) in a ratio of 3 : 1 : 1.
The reactions of chromomycinone and derivatives
Abstract The various reactions of chromomycinone, the chromophore of the cancerostatic chromomycins, are described. The structures of several chromomycinone derivatives are also discussed.
New Sweet-Tasting C21-Pregnane Glycosides from Pericarps of Myriopteron extensum.
Ten novel C21 pregnane glycosides, extensumside C-L (1-10), were isolated as highly sweet-tasting substances from the edible pericarps of Myriopteron extensum (Wight) K. Schum by sensory-guided fractionation and purification. Their structures were determined through 1D and 2D NMR, such as HSQC, HMBC, 1H-1H COSY, HSQC-TOCSY, and ROESY, as well as other spectroscopic analysis combined with chemical evidence. These compounds shared the same aglycone, 3β,16α-dihydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one, and contained the deoxysugar chain and the glucose chain which were linked to C-3 and C-16 of the aglycone, respectively. The sweetness potency was evaluated by a human sensory panel test and preliminary structure-taste relationship was discussed. The sweetness intensities of these compounds are between 50 and 400 times greater than that of sucrose. Furthermore, quantitation analyses of compounds 1, 3, 4, and 6 in different parts of M. extensum indicated that the concentrations of these sweet components in the pericarps are obviously higher than those in stems and roots.