Title: Statolon
CAS Registry Number: 11006-77-2
Literature References: An antiviral substance which appears to be a macromolecular polyanionic polysaccharide composed of galacturonic acid, galactose, galactosamine, glucose, arabinose, xylose, and rhamnose. Prophylactically active against a wide range of viruses, including those causing canine distemper, lymphomatosis in fowl, shipping fever in cattle, transmissible gastroenteritis in swine, and coryza and other upper respiratory illnesses, as well as against ECHO viruses, enteroviruses in monkeys, MM neurotropic virus, Semliki Forest virus, and NEF 1 poliomyelitis virus. Antitumor activity demonstrated in experimental leukemia and sarcoma. Produced by submerged culture fermentation, using Penicillium stoloniferum var. ATCC 14586: Stark et al., US 3108047 (1963 to Lilly).
Therap-Cat: Antiviral.
Keywords: Antiviral. |