As a new antifungal and antiviral antibiotic is provided benanomicin A 4"'-O-sulfate or a salt thereof having formula (I) ##STR1## wherein M.sup.1 denotes a mono-valent alkali metal atom or a di-valent alkaline earth metal atom or a hydrogen atom and A denotes an organic base; n is zero when M.sup.1 is an alkali metal atom or alkaline earth metal atom but n is 1 or zero when M.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, and M.sup.2 denotes a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom or an alkaline earth metal atom. This new compound is useful as antifungal agent to treat fungal infections in mammals and as antiviral agent to inhibitingly treat HIV.
提供一种新的抗真菌和抗病毒抗生素,称为苯甲霉素A 4"'-O-
硫酸盐或其盐,其
化学式为(I)##STR1##其中M.sup.1表示单价碱
金属原子或二价碱土
金属原子或氢原子,A表示有机碱基;当M.sup.1是碱
金属原子或碱土
金属原子时,n为零,但当M.sup.1是氢原子时,n为1或零,M.sup.2表示氢原子或碱
金属原子或碱土
金属原子。这种新化合物可用作抗真菌剂,用于治疗哺乳动物的真菌感染,并作为抗病毒剂,用于抑制治疗HIV。