Neospiramycin I is a macrolide antibiotic and derivative of spiramycin I.1It is active against the macrolide-sensitive KB210, but not the macrolide-resistant KB224, strain ofS. aureus(MICs = 3.12 and >100 μg/ml, respectively), as well asB. cereus,B. subtilis,M. luteus,E. coli, andK. pneumoniae(MICs = 1.56, 3.12, 3.12, 0.2, 50, and 12.5 μg/ml, respectively). Neospiramycin I binds toE. coliribosomes with an IC50value of 1.2 μM. It protects against mortality in a mouse model ofS. pneumoniaetype III infection (ED50= 399.8 mg/kg).2
Oxanosine is an analog of guanosine that has been found in S. capreolus and has diverse biological activities, including antibacterial, antiviral, and anticancer properties. It is active against a variety of bacteria, including S. flexneri, P. mirabilis, and E. coli (MICs = 6.25, 12.5, 25 µg ml, respectively, on peptone, but not nutrient, agar). Oxanosine inhibits replication of the HIV-1 strain IIIb in infected CEM and U937, but not H9, cells (EC50s = 7, 27, and >500 µg ml, respectively). It also inhibits the growth of HeLa human cervical cancer cells (IC50 = 32 µg ml) and reduces tumor growth in a murine L1210 lymphocytic leukemia model.