Compound ID | 2295
Class: Small molecule antibacterial agent
Spectrum of activity: | Gram-positive |
Details of activity: | Active against Staphylococcus aureus |
Description: | Semisynthetic compound based on natural product from venom of scorpion Diplocentrus melici with benzoquinone scaffold; non-cytotoxic to lung adenocarcinoma cell line at highest concentration tested 25 uM (cytotoxic to T-cell leukemia, rhabdomyosarcoma, and metastatic neuroblastoma cell lines); at >100 ug/ml no erythrocyte haemolysis |
Institute where first reported: | Department of Molecular Medicine and Bioprocesses, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; |
Year first mentioned: | 2019 |
Development status: | Experimental |
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Citation: | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1812334116 |
Patent: | US2021214303A1 |