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Also known as EN-141, Leucomycin V, 3-acetate 4(sup beta)-(3-methylbutanoate), Antibiotic yl-704 a3, Leucomycin v 3-acetate 4b-(3-methylbutanoate), Leucomycin A3, JM, Leucomycin v 3-acetate 4(beta)-(3-methylbutanoate), Leucomycin V, 3-acetate 4B-(3-methylbutanoate)

Josamycin is a macrolide antibiotic. It was isolated by Hamao Umezawa and his colleagues from strains of Streptomyces narbonensis var. josamyceticus var. nova in 1964.

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Mass
827.466721
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chemical formula
C₄₂H₆₉NO₁₅
canonical SMILES
CC1CC=CC=CC(C(CC(C(C(C(CC(=O)O1)OC(=O)C)OC)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)C)OC3CC(C(C(O3)C)OC(=O)CC(C)C)(C)O)N(C)C)O)CC=O)C)O
isomeric SMILES
C[C@@H]1C/C=C/C=C/[C@@H]([C@@H](C[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](CC(=O)O1)OC(=O)C)OC)O[C@H]2[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O2)C)O[C@H]3C[C@@]([C@H]([C@@H](O3)C)OC(=O)CC(C)C)(C)O)N(C)C)O)CC=O)C)O
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
josamycin
defined daily dose
2
Commons category
Josamycin
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