The megalomicins. Part III. D-Rhodosamine, a new dimethylamino-sugar
Abstract
D-Rhodosamine, a new dimethylamino-sugar isolated from megalomicins A, B, C1, and C2, a new family of macrolide antibiotics elaborated by Micromonospora megalomicea sp. n., has been shown to be 2,3,6-trideoxy-3-dimethyl-amino-D-lyxo-hexopyranose.