Streptomyces scabrisporus, an endophyte isolated from Amphipterygium adstringens as producer of an anthracycline active against different cancer cell lines

Diversification of novel compounds produced by endophytes increases every day.Thus, 100 anticancer molecules were isolated between 1990 and 2010, belonging to 19 different chemical classes and showing activity against 45 different cell lines [11].