[Determination of p-aminoacetophenone and changes in its levels in a levorin producer depending on culture conditions].

A method for spectrophotometric determination of p-aminoacetophenone (p-AAP) in the mycelium and fermentation broth filtrates of organisms producing polyenic macrolide antibiotics is described. The level of p-AAP accumulation was studied as applicable to the biosynthesis of levorin, a polyenic antibiotic of the heptaen series. The levels of p-AAP under usual conditions of the levorin-producing organism cultivation and under conditions of its stimulation with the products of the vital activity of yeast-like fungi were compared.