Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543K, A835430, A83543P, A83543U, A83543V, A83543W and A83543Y and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones of the new A83543 components are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods are provided for making the new A83543 components by culturing of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18395, NRRL 18537, NRRL 18538, or NRRL 18539, or NRRL 18743 or NRRL 18719 or NRRL 18823 in suitable culture medium. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543Q, A83543R, A83543S and A83543T and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods for making the new A83543 components by culture of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18823 are provided. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543K, A83543O, A83543P, A83543U, A83543V, A83543W and A83543Y and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones of the new A83543 components are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods are provided for making the new A83543 components by culturing of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18395, NRRL 18537, NRRL 18538, or NRRL 18539, or NRRL 18743 or NRRL 18719 or NRRL 18823 in suitable culture medium. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543K, A835430, A83543P, A83543U, A83543V, A83543W and A83543Y and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones of the new A83543 components are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods are provided for making the new A83543 components by culturing of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18395, NRRL 18537, NRRL 18538, or NRRL 18539, or NRRL 18743 or NRRL 18719 or NRRL 18823 in suitable culture medium. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543Q, A83543R, A83543S and A83543T and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods for making the new A83543 components by culture of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18823 are provided. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: New A83543 components, including fermentation products A83543Q, A83543R, A83543S and A83543T and N-demethyl derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects and mites. The pseudoaglycones are useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods for making the new A83543 components by culture of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18823 are provided. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing new A83543 components are also provided.

Abstract: Scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, an aldehyde and alcohol derivative of scytophycin B and the specified alkanoyl and benzoyl esters of scytophycins A, B, C, D and E and the B derivatives (scytophycin compounds) are novel antineoplastic and antifungal agents. Antifungal compositions containing a scytophycin compound and methods of inhibiting fungi, especially plant pathogenic fungi, using these compositions are included. A method for producing the scytophycin complex, comprising scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, using a new strain of the blue-green alga Scytonema pseudohofmanni, and a biologically purified culture of the alga are also provided.

Abstract: New fermentation products A83543L, A83543M, and A83543N, N-demethyl derivatives thereof, and salts thereof, are useful for the control of insects. A83543PsaL1 is useful for the preparation of A83543 components. Methods for making A83543J, A83543L, A83543M, and A83543N by culture of Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18719 or NRRL 18720 are provided. Insecticidal and ectoparasiticidal compositions containing A83543L, A83543M, A83543N, and N-demethyl derivatives thereof are also provided.

Abstract: A new group of cyclic peptides, the A54145 cyclic peptides, which have the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an amino-protecting group, 8-methylnonanoyl, 8-methyldecanoyl and n-decanoyl;(Lys-R.sup.1) represents --NH(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CH(NHR.sup.1)CO--;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an amino-protecting group;X is Ile or Val: andY is Glu or 3-MG; provided that R.sup.1 cannot be hydrogen when R is 8-methylnonanoyl, 8-methyldecanoyl or n-decanoyl;and their salts are useful intermediates in the preparation of anitbacterial agents.

Abstract: A new group of cyclic peptide derivatives, the A54145 cyclic peptide derivatives, which have the general formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, optionally substituted C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkanoyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkenoyl;(R,R.sup.2)-Trp represents a group of formula ##STR2## (Lys-R.sup.1) represents --NH(CH.sub.2).sub.4 CH(NHR.sup.1)CO--; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an amino-protecting group; andR.sup.2 is hydrogen; orR and R.sup.2, taken together, represent a C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkylidene group;X is Ile or Val; andY is Glu or 3-MG;provided that: 1) when R.sup.1 =H, X=Ile and Y=Glu or 3-MG, R cannot be 8-methylnonanoyl, 8-methyldecanoyl or n-decanoyl; 2) when R.sup.1 =H, X=Val and Y=3-MG, R cannot be 8-methyldecanoyl; and 3) when R.sup.1 =H, X=Val and Y=Glu, R cannot be 8-methylnonanoyl; and 4) when R.sup.1 is an amino protecting group, R cannot be 8-methylnonanoyl, 8-methyldecanoyl, or n-decanoyl; and their salts are antibacterial agents or intermediates to such agents.

Abstract: Scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, an aldehyde and alcohol derivative of scytophycin B and the specified alkanoyl and benzoyl esters of scytophycins A, B, C, D and E and the B derivatives (scytophycin compounds) are novel antineoplastic and antifungal agents. Antifungal compositions containing a scytophycin compound and methods of inhibiting fungi, especially plant pathogenic fungi, using these compositions are included. A method for producing the scytophycin complex, comprising scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, using a new strain of the blue-green alga Scytonema pseudohofmanni, and a biologically purified culture of the alga are also provided.

Abstract: New peptide antibiotic A54145, individual A54145 components A, A.sub.1, B, B.sub.1, C, D, E and F and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are useful antibacterial agents which also improve growth performance in animals, especially poultry. Biologically pure cultures of the A54145-producing Streptomyces fradiae cultures NRRL 18158, NRRL 18159 and NRRL 18160 cultures and methods of making antibiotic A54145 using those cultures are also provided.

Abstract: New antibiotic A80915 and its dehydrochlorination derivatives are useful antibacterial agents. Methods of making antibiotic A80915 by culture of Streptomyces aculeolatus, NRRL 18422, and compositions containing an A80915 antibiotic also are provided.

Abstract: New alkaloids called hapalindoles J-Q and T-V, which are antibacterial and antifungal agents, and methods of preparing these alkaloids by culturing the blue-green alga Hapalosiphon fontinalis ATCC 39694, are provided.

Abstract: Scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, an aldehyde and alcohol derivative of scytophycin B and the specified alkanoyl and benzoyl esters of scytophycins A, B, C, D and E and the B derivatives (scytophycin compounds) are novel antineoplastic and antifungal agents. Antifungal compositions containing a scytophycin compound and methods of inhibiting fungi, especially plant pathogenic fungi, using these compositions are included. A method for producing the scytophycin complex, comprising scytophycins A, B, C, D and E, using a new strain of the blue-green alga Scytonema pseudohofmanni, and a biologically purified culture of the alga are also provided.

Abstract: Octahydro-5-oxoindolizine-6-propanoic acids and octahydro-6-oxopyrido[1,2-a]pyridine-7-propanoic acids, the decarboxy and related ester and perhydro derivatives thereof inhibit angiotensin I converting enzyme and are hypotensive agents. Hydrogenation of A58365 factors A and B, obtained by culturing Streptomyces chromofuscus, provides the ACE inhibitors. Also provided are O-acyl and O-sulfonyl derivatives of A and B factors which are useful in preparing deoxy factors A and B via hydrogenolysis.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating inflammation and arthritis employing certain prostanoic acid derivatives. Pharmaceutical formulations employing these derivatives are also provided.

Abstract: Octahydro-5-oxoindolizine-6-propanoic acids and octahydro-6-oxopyrido[1,2-A]pyridine-7-propanoic acids, the decarboxy and related ester and perhydro derivatives thereof inhibit angiotensin I converting enzyme and are hypotensive agents. Hydrogenation of A58365 factors A and B, obtained by culturing Streptomyces chromofuscus, provides the ACE inhibitors. Also provided are O-acyl and O-sulfonyl derivatives of A and B factors which are useful in preparing deoxy factors A and B via hydrogenolysis.

Abstract: Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors A-58365 factors A, B, and C are produced by culturing Streptomyces chromofuscus NRRL 15098 under submerged aerobic fermentation conditions and are isolated and purified from the acidic filtered fermentation broth via chromatography, in particular HPLC. The factors are useful hypotensive agents.

Abstract: Majusculamide C, a novel cyclic peptide compound which inhibits fungal plant pathogens, process for its preparation from a deep-water blue-green alga, Lyngbya majuscula, and process for inhibiting fungal plant pathogens with and fungicidal compositions containing majusculamide C.