[The structure of antibiotic eremomycin B].

A new biologically active component, antibiotic eremomycin B, was isolated from the culture liquid of Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. eremomycini, the producing strain for antibiotic eremomycin. Its structure was established by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

[Lymphedema and hypothyroidism].

The examination covered 1191 lymphedema patients (635 primary and 536 secondary disease cases). Hypothyroidism-like thyroid dysfunction was found in 80% of patients with primary lymphedema. Measurements of thyroid hormones confirmed the above findings.