Scientists invent pioneering technique to construct molecules discovered in rare sediments from the Bahamas with potential to help treat disease and infection (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Scientists invent pioneering technique to construct molecules discovered in rare sediments from the Bahamas with potential to help treat disease and infection

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Bahamaolide A is a polyketide natural product with potent antifungal activity, which was isolated from bacteria cultured from a sediment sample collected at North Cat Cay in the Bahamas and has now been synthesised in the chemical laboratory for the first time.

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