申请人:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
公开号:US20140228278A1
公开(公告)日:2014-08-14
The present invention generally relates to a novel highly discriminating antibiotic, plantazolicin, a plantazolicin-like compound and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided are methods for producing and using plantazolicin. Due to its bactericidal activity against
Bacillus anthracis
, plantazolicin and plantazolicin-like compounds can be used in methods for treating and/or preventing anthrax infections.