A new antitumor antibiotic, WF-3405 was isolated from the culture of Amauroascus aureus F-3405. The structure has been determined as 1,5-dioxiranyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentanepentanol on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical evidence. WF-3405 exhibits strong inhibitory activity against various murine tumors including leukemia P388, leukemia L1210 and Lewis lung carcinoma.
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