A strain of Amycolatopsis orientalis No. Q427-8 (ATCC 53884) was found to produce a complex of new antiviral antibiotics, quartromicin which consisted of at least six components A1, A2, A3, D1, D2 and D3. Structural studies suggested that they are a novel type of molecules unrelated to any known antibiotics. Each component of quartromicin exhibited antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type 1, influenza virus type A and human immunodeficiency virus.
Streptomyces hygroscopicus No. P247-71 (ATCC 53709) produced a novel antibiotic eponemycin which exhibited specific in vivo antitumor effect against B16 melanoma. Structural studies assigned (4S)-1, 2-epoxy-2-hydroxymethyl-4-(N-isooctanoyl-L-serylamino)-6-methylhept-6-ene-3-one to eponemycin which is unrelated to the known antitumor antibiotics.
Eu2+-activated Ca3MgSi2O8 (Ca3MgSi2O8:Eu2+) phosphors were successfully synthesized by an amorphous metal complex method using propylene glycol-modified silane (PGMS) and heat-treatment under a reduced atmosphere at 1400 °C. The photoluminescence (PL) of Ca3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ was studied as a function of total Eu concentration. Furthermore, Ca3MgSi2O8 with Eu2+ concentrations at 1.0–30 % for Ca exhibited a blue-green emission peaking at approximately 480 nm. In contrast, with increasing Eu2+ concentration up to 50 % for Ca, the emission peak of Ca3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ phosphors exhibited a redshift to 521 nm with green emissions. The redshift of emissions in Ca3MgSi2O8:Eu2+ phosphors could be attributed to the strong electrostatic interactions related to the Eu2+ ions occupying the peculiar Ca sites.