S. Kato et al., PYRROLOSTATIN, A NOVEL LIPID-PEROXIDATION INHIBITOR FROM STREPTOMYCES-CHRESTOMYCETICUS - TAXONOMY, FERMENTATION, ISOLATION, STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, Journal of antibiotics, 46(6), 1993, pp. 892-899
Pyrrolostatin, a new lipid peroxidation inhibitor, was isolated from t
he culture of Streptomyces chrestomyceticus EC40. The structure was de
termined to be 4-geranylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid on the basis of its
spectroscopic and physico-chemical properties. Pyrrolostatin inhibited
lipid peroxidation in rat brain homogenate.