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Antibiotic UCN-02

Article number:

5500722

CAS No.:

121569-61-7

Formula:

C₂₈H₂₆N₄O₄

Molecular weight:

482,50 g/mol

Antibiotic UCN-02 is a indolcarbazole. UCN-02 is isolated as a minor co-metabolite of high producing staurosporine strains of selected actinomycets. Although less selective than its isomer UCN-01, UCN-02 exhibits comparable activity and probaly acts by similar mechanisms. Origin: Streptomyces sp.

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