Kasugamycin hydrochloride (Standard) is the standard substance of Kasugamycin hydrochloride, and it is applicable for quantitative analysis, quality control, and related research in biochemical experiments. Kasugamycin hydrochloride (Kasumin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that was originally isolated in 1965, from Streptomyces kasugaensis, a Streptomyces strain found near the Kasuga shrine in Nara, Japan. Kasugamycin hydrochloride was discovered by Hamao Umezawa, who also discovered kanamycin and bleomycin, as a drug which could prevent growth of a fungus causing rice blast disease.