Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Filipin is a mixture of chemical compounds first isolated by chemists at the Upjohn company in 1955 from the mycelium and culture filtrates of a previously unknown actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis. It was discovered in a soil sample collected in the Philippine Islands hence the name filipin. The isolate possessed potent antifungal activity. It was identified as a polyene macrolide based on its characteristic UV-Vis and IR spectra.
