The microbial transformation of digitoxin (I) by Streptomyces sp. yielded digoxin (III) as main product along with the by-products 7beta -hydroxydigitoxin (II) and 7beta -hydroxydigoxin (IV). The present paper is concerned with the structure elucidation of 7beta-hydroxycardenolides as well as with the formation of some of their derivatives.
The microbial transformation of digitoxin (I) by Streptomyces sp. yielded digoxin (III) as main product along with the by-products 7beta -hydroxydigitoxin (II) and 7beta -hydroxydigoxin (IV). The present paper is concerned with the structure elucidation of 7beta-hydroxycardenolides as well as with the formation of some of their derivatives.