Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing an antibiotic D788-7 wherein, after culturing carborubicin-producing bacteria, the obtained culture liquid is extracted in acidic conditions while stirring to be absorbed to synthetic resin, followed by desorption from the resin and elution with acetone and the resulting acetone solution containing carborubicin is converted into an antibiotic D788-7 by photo radiation, for obtaining D788-7 in the purified form from the reaction solution. The production yield for D788-7 is extremely high and its use as an antitumor agent can be made possible.

Abstract: Mycaminosyl tylonolide derivatives represented by the following general formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 denotes hydroxyl group, a lower alkanoyloxy group, benzyloxy group, azido group, or amino group which may optionally be substituted with a lower alkyl or a lower alkanoyl radical; R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen atom or hydroxyl group; R.sup.3 expresses hydrogen atom or formyl group; and means a double bond or a radical represented by ##STR2## and salts thereof.

Abstract: As new compounds are provided a class of derivatives of actinonin represented by the general formula ##STR1## where R is a hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, which can exhibit the enzyme-inhibitory activities to a limited range of peptidases and show a remarkable enzyme-specificity, and which are effective to treat a cycloheximide-induced experimental amnesia in mice and are expectable to be useful to treat an amnesia in a mammalian animal, including human.

Abstract: The present invention provides new physiological active substance erbstatin analogue compounds of a general formula (I), which have excellent tyrosine-specific protein-kinase inhibitory activity, antitumor activity and antimicrobial activity. ##STR1## (in which R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkanoyl group or a lower alkyl group; n represents a positive integer of 1 to 3;X represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom;Y represents a group of formula --CH.dbd.CH--NC, --CH.dbd.CH--NHR.sup.2 or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NHR.sup.2(where R.sup.2 represents a formyl group or a lower alkanoyl group; with the exception of the cases where X is hydrogen atom, (R.sup.1 O).sub.n group is 2,5-dihydroxy group and Y is --CH.dbd.CH--NHCHO or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NHCHO).The present invention further provides a tyrosine-specific protein-kinase inhibitor, tumoricide or bactericide containing at least one compound of the said formula (I).

Abstract: Disclosed are anthracycline antibiotics of a formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydroxyl groups, R.sup.3 is ethyl group, R.sup.4 is methoxycarbonyl group and X represents daunosamine-rhodenose or daunosamine-deoxyfucose; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydroxyl groups, R.sup.3 is 1-hydroxyethyl group, R.sup.4 is hydrogen atom and X represents daunosamine-rhodenose or daunosamine-deoxyfucose; orR.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are hydroxyl groups, R.sup.3 is ethyl group and X represents daunosamine-rhodenose, daunosamine-deoxyfucose, rhodosamine-rhodenose, N-monomethyldaunosamine-rhodenose or N-monomethyldaunosamine-deoxyfucose; orR.sup.1 is methoxy group, R.sup.2 is hydroxyl group, R.sup.3 is ethyl group, R.sup.4 is methoxycarbonyl group and X represents daunosamine-rhodenose or daunosamine-deoxyfucose; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are hydroxy groups, R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom, R.sup.

Abstract: Mycaminosyl tylonolide derivatives represented by the following general formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 denoted hydroxyl group, a lower alkanoyloxy group, benzyloxy group, azido group, or amino group which may optionally be substituted with a lower alkyl or a lower alkanoyl radical; R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen atom or hydroxyl group; R.sup.3 expresses hydrogen atom or formyl group; and means a double bond or a radical represented by ##STR2## and salts thereof.

Abstract: New anthracycline antibiotics of a formula (I) are provided, which are usable as an anticancer agent ##STR1## (where R represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group). The antibiotics (I) can be produced by incubation of a dye-nonproductive or hardly dye-productive mutant strain which has an ability of converting .alpha.-citromycinone or .beta.-isorhodomycinone into the antibiotics (I), in the presence of .alpha.-citromycinone or .beta.-isorhodomycinone in a pertinent nutrient medium.

Abstract: A new compound, i.e., 14-chlorodaunomycin, and its method of preparation are provided. The new compound, useful as an antitumor agent and as an intermediate in the preparation of (2"R)-4'-O-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin, is obtained by reaction of daunomycin with an alkyl ortho-formate and a brominating agent to produce a 14-bromo-13-dialkylketaldaunomycin, hydrolysis of the latter compound, then adding an excess of a solid metal/chloride to produce an acid addition salt of 14-chlorodaunomycin and concurrently salting out the latter compound from the reaction solution, followed by recovering the 14-chlorodaunomycin acid addition salt.

Abstract: An anthracycline compound (13-deoxycarminomycin) selected from the group consisting of anthracycline compounds represented by the following formula ##STR1## R1 is a hydroxy group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group,R3 is a hydrogen atom,R4 represents one of the following groups (a) to (d) ##STR2## and if R2 is hydroxyl, R4 is not (d).

Abstract: As new compound are now provided ten compounds, namely 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}kanamycin A; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-2',3'-dideoxykanamycin A; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-2',3'-dideoxy-2'-fluorokan amycin A; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-5-deoxy-5-fluorokanamycin A; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-kanamycin B; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-3'-deoxykanamycin B; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-3',4'-dideoxykanamycin B; 1-N-{(2R,3R) -4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-5-deoxy-5-fluorokanamycin B; 1-N-{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-5,3'-dideoxy-5-fluorokanam ycin B; and 1-N{(2R,3R)-4-amino-3-fluoro-2-hydroxybutyryl}-5,3',4'-trideoxy-5-fluoroka namycin B, which are all useful as antibacterial agent in the therapeutic treatment of bacterial infections.

Abstract: New physiologically active substances, arphamenine A and arphamenine B which are generically termed arphamenine are produced from a new microorganism, BMG361-CF4 strain identified as FERM P-6521 or FERM BP-286 or ATCC No. 39373. Arphamenine is useful as a host defence stimulator having an activity to enhance cell-mediated immunity, and also as an anti-tumor agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunosuppressing method which comprises administering a spergualin-related compound represented by the following formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.4 --, --(CH.sub.2).sub.6 --, ##STR2## R.sub.2 is --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 -- or --CH.dbd.CH--; and R.sub.3 is ##STR3## or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof in an effective amount to a warm-blood animal.

Abstract: DL- or L-Threo-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-N-methyl-serine which may also be termed as DL- or L-threo-adrenalinecarboxylic acid are now provided, which are new compounds useful for therapeutic treatment of Parkinson's disease and mental depression disease.

Abstract: For the preparation of 4'-0-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin b, the 9,14-position of the starting adriamycin is previously protected with phenylboronic acid and then the 4'-position of the thus protected adriamycin is selectively tetrahydropyranylated. After the tetrahydropyranylation, the by-product of 4'-0-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin a is converted to the aimed product of 4'-0-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin b. The yield of the product of 4'-0-tetrahydropyranyladriamycin b is high.

Abstract: Mycaminosyl tylonolide derivatives represented by the following general formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 denotes hydroxyl group, a lower alkanoyloxy group, benzoyloxy group, azido group, or amino group which mat optionally be substituted with a lower alkyl or a lower alkanoyl radical; R.sup.2 stands for hydrogen atom or hydroxyl group; R.sup.3 expresses hydrogen atom or formyl group; and means a double bond or a radical represented by ), and salts thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to method for suppressing a transplantation immunity and treating an allergic disease and an autoimmune disease in a mammal which comprises administering spergualin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in effective amount to the said mammal.

Abstract: L-aminoacylases S.sub.1 and S.sub.2 derived from actinomycetes and having physicochemical characteristics such that it is a L-aminoacylase which acts on a N-acyl-L-amino acid to give a L-amino acid, its substrate profile is wide, and it acts not only on a N-acyl derivative of a natural L-amino acid, but also on a N-acyl derivative of a synthetic L-amino acid, while it does not act on a N-acyl-D-amino acid, a DL-N-acetyl-.alpha.methylbenzylamine and a N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, etc.

Abstract: Plipastatin represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is --C.sub.13 H.sub.27 or --C.sub.14 H.sub.29 ; and R.sub.2 is Ala or Val, or salts thereof, which is prepared by culturing a Plipastatin-producing strain belonging to the genus Bacillus to produce and accumulate Plipastatin in a cultured broth and then isolating Plipastatin from the cultured broth. Plipastatin exhibits an enzyme inhibiting activity against phospholipase A.sub.2, C and D and which will be useful as an immunosuppressive agent or as a type I anti-allergic agent.

Abstract: The antibiotics designated obelmycins exhibit high proliferation inhibiting action against leukemia cells and are effective as anti-cancer agents.

Abstract: New 3-[N-(mercaptoacyl)]amino-4-arylbutanoic acid derivatives are now provided, which exhibit analgesic activity and are effective to enhance the analgesia induced by a known analgesic compound, ]D-ala.sup.2,met.sup.5 ]-enkephalin (DAME).