Valienamine
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Valienamine is a C-7 aminocyclitol
found as a substructure of pseudooligosaccharides such as acarbose
or validamycins. It can be found in Actinoplanes
species.
It is an intermediate formed by microbial degradation of validamycin
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Aminocyclitol
The aminocyclitols are compounds related to cyclitols. They possess features of relative and absolute configuration that are characteristic of their class and have been extensively studied; but these features are not clearly displayed by general methods of stereochemical nomenclature, so that...
found as a substructure of pseudooligosaccharides such as acarbose
Acarbose
Acarbose is an anti-diabetic drug used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and, in some countries, prediabetes. It is a generic sold in Europe and China as Glucobay , in North America as Precose , and in Canada as Prandase...
or validamycins. It can be found in Actinoplanes
Actinoplanes
Actinoplanes are a genus in the family Actinoplanaceae. They have aerial mycelia and spherica, motile spores.Actinoplanes produces the pharmaceutically important compounds valienamine, teicoplanin and ramoplanin....
species.
It is an intermediate formed by microbial degradation of validamycin
Validamycin
Validamycin is a antibiotic and fungicide produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus. It is used as an inhibitor of trehalase. It is used for the control of sheath blight of rice and damping-off of cucumbers....
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