Abstract: The invention refers to a new microbial process for preparing .beta.,.delta.-dihydroxy-7-[1,2,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2.6-dimethyl-8-(2-methy l-butyryloxy)-naphthalen-1-yl]-heptanoic acid .delta.-lactone of formula (I) and .beta.,.delta.-dihydroxy-7-[1,2,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2.6-dimethyl-8-(2-methy lbutyryloxy)-naphtalen-1-yl]-heptanoic acid of formula (II), ##STR1## by the aerobic fermentation of the submerged culture of an imperfect fungus strain biosynthesizing the above compounds, in a nutrient medium containing utilizable carbon and nitrogen sources as well as mineral salts, and by isolating the product of formula (I), which comprises cultivating a strain of the new Aspergillus obscurus fungus species producing the above compound(s) of formulas (I) and/or (II), in a temperature range of 25.degree. to 30.degree. C. and, if desired, separating the product(s) formed from the fermentation broth, then isolating it in the lactone form of formula (I) and, if desired, purifying the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a microbial process for the production of immunosuppressive cyclosporine antibiotic complex or of its components, cyclosporine A, cyclosporine B and cyclosporine C, by the aerobic fermentation of a filamentous fungus strain biosynthesizing the above antibiotic(s) in a nutrient medium containing utilizable carbon and nitrogen sources as well as mineral salts, and by isolating the products formed, which comprises culturing a strain of the novel Tolypocladium varium fungus species producing the cyclosporine antibiotic complex, preferably tolypocladium varium sp. nov. CY/93, deposited at the National Collection of Agricultural and Industrial Microorganisms, Budapest, Hungary under the number NCAIM(P)F 001005, on a nutrient medium containing carbon sources, organic and inorganic nitrogen sources as well as mineral salts, under aerobic conditions, at 25.degree. to 30.degree. C., and, if desired, isolating and purifying the cyclosporine antibiotic complex or its components produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel aminoacridine-.alpha.,.beta.-(D)- and -(L)-N-glycoside derivatives, the salts thereof and to a novel process for the preparation of such compounds and salts. The novel compounds have the formula I ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a group of the formula II ##STR2## wherein n=0 or 1, p=1 or 2, A.sup.-p is an anion, preferably halogenide, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a methyl group andR.sup.2 is hydrogen or a sugar residue, or R is dimethylamine,and the two substituentsX and X.sup.1 are identical or different and stand for hydrogen, a group of the formula II, dimethylamine, halogen, a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, a C.sub.1-4 alkoxy group, for a nitro-, cyano-, carbomethoxy-, carbamoyl-, phenyl- or a C.sub.1-4 alkylphenyl group,with the restriction that at least one of the substituents R, X and X.sup.1 represents a group of formula II with R.sup.2 =sugar residue, andR.sup.3 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1-5 alkyl group.