Lavendamycin is a naturally occurring chemical compound discovered in fermentation broth of the soil bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae. Lavendamycin has antibiotic properties and anti-proliferative effects against several cancer cell lines. The use of lavendamycin as a cytotoxic agent in cancer therapy failed due to poor water solubility and non-specific cytotoxicity. The study of lavendamycin-based analogs designed to overcome these liabilities has been an area of research.
Lavendamycin is a naturally occurring chemical compound discovered in fermentation broth of the soil bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae. Lavendamycin has antibiotic properties and anti-proliferative effects against several cancer cell lines. The use of lavendamycin as a cytotoxic agent in cancer therapy failed due to poor water solubility and non-specific cytotoxicity. The study of lavendamycin-based analogs designed to overcome these liabilities has been an area of research.
__TOC__ == Discovery == Lavendamycin was first discovered in 1981 by Doyle et al., who isolated it from Streptomyces lavendulae. As the compound failed to crystallize, a direct characterization of the molecular structure with X-ray crystallography was not possible. Careful analysis using NMR, IR, and UV-VIS spectroscopy and mass spectrometry allowed the assignment of the pentacyclic structure consisting of a β-carboline unit and a quinolinequinone unit.
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