Cinerubin B is an anthracycline antitumor antibiotic that has been found in Streptomyces.1,2 It inhibits RNA synthesis in, and the growth of, L1210 murine leukemia cells (IC50s = 48 and 15 nM, respectively).2
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[2].Matsuzawa, Y., Oki, T., Takeuchi, T., et al.Structure-activity relationships of anthracyclines relative to cytotoxicity and effects on macromolecular synthesis in L1210 leukemia cellsJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)34(12)1596-1607(1981).
















