PRODUCT Properties
| Boiling point: | 507.24°C (rough estimate) |
| Density | 1.2554 (rough estimate) |
| refractive index | 1.5700 (estimate) |
| solubility | Aqueous Base (Slightly), Water (Slightly) |
| form | Solid |
| pka | -0.62±0.41(Predicted) |
| color | Pale Yellow to Pale Beige |
| InChIKey | PVTHJAPFENJVNC-RKODIXKRNA-N |
| SMILES | O=C(C(=N)N[C@H]1C[C@H](N)[C@@H](O[C@@H]2[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]2O)O[C@@H]1C)O |&1:5,7,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,23,r| |
Description and Uses
Trade names: “Kasugamin,” “Kasumin” Patent: JP 42006818; BE 657659: GB 1094566. Systemic fungicide and bactericide with protective and curative action. Controls rice blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae and other rice diseases, such as bacterial grain rot, bacterial seedling blight, and bacterial brown stripe caused by Pseudomonas spp. (15). Effective on other plant diseases, e.g., leaf mold and bacterial canker in tomatoes, bean halo blight, scab on apples, Cercospora spp. leaf spot on sugar beet, and bacterial soft rot on potatoes.
Kasugamycin is an antibiotic aminoglycoside that inhibits protein synthesis.
