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SUBMITTER: Yu WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3706094 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of natural products 20130509 5
Spirohexenolides A and B comprise a unique family of spirotetronate natural products. We report on the identification of their binding to and modulation of human macrophage migration inhibitor factor (hMIF). Using an immunoaffinity-fluorescent labeling method, the properties of this interaction are detailed and evidence is provided that hMIF plays a key role in the cytostatic activity of the spirohexenolides. ...[more]