During antioxidant screening using 1,1-diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and a lipid peroxidation assay, a streptomycete strain was found to produce herbimycin A and dihydroherbimycin A as antioxidants in the culture filtrate. These molecules were identified by using spectral analyses, including infrared, ultraviolet, mass spectrum, and nuclear magnetic resonance assays. In the DPPH radical-scavenging assay, dihydroherbimycin A exhibited more potent antioxidant activity (IC(50), 1.3 microM) than alpha-tocopherol (IC(50), 2.7 microM) that was used as a reference compound. In the lipid peroxidation assay, both herbimycin A and dihydroherbimycin A demonstrated antioxidant activities of 61% and 72%, respectively, at 100 microg/ml, while alpha-tocopherol exhibited an activity of 93% at the same concentration. Therefore, dihydroherbimycin A might have the potential to be developed into a new therapeutic agent.
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