Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Actaplanin is a complex of broad spectrum antibiotics made by Actinoplanes bacteria. Research carried out by a group in Eli Lilly and Co. in 1984 meant several actaplanins were identified using high-performance liquid chromatography. Actaplanins A B1 B2 B3 C1 and G were shown to be composed of the same peptide core an amino sugar and varying amounts of glucose mannose and rhamnose.
