Fumagillin is a complex natural product antibiotic which covalently binds a key histidine residue of methionine aminopeptidase type II (MetAP-2), inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis. An angiogenesis suppressing antibiotic and MetAP-2 inhibitor.It is an effective treatment for intestinal microsporidiosis caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi. Used to treat the Nosema disease in honey bees. Applied topically to the conjunctiva in the treatment of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis. The Research grade Fumagillin is used in the angiogenesis research. In the connection to its anti angiogenetic capabilities, Fumagillin is mentioned as an potential anti-neoplastic antibiotic;Fumagillin is a starting material for several anticancer drug candidates, such as TNP-470, also shown to be able to protect macrophages from the HIV infection
This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms.
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Bisabolane sesquiterpenoids
1. Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS. ClassyFire: Automated Chemical Classification With A Comprehensive, Computable Taxonomy. Journal of Cheminformatics, 2016, 8:61.
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