Phomallenic acid

FIGURE 7.3 (A) Structure of platencin. (Source From Wang, J. et al. 2007. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 7612. Reprinted with permission from National Academy of Sciences of the USA.) (B) Structure of platen-simycin. (Source From Wang, J. et al. 2006. Nature 441, 358. Reprinted with permission from Macmillan Publishers.) (C) Structures of phomallenic acids. (Source From Young, K. et al. 2006. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 50, 519. Reprinted with permission from American Society for Microbiology.)... 

Answer the following questions about erlotinib and phomallenic acid C. Erlotinib, sold under the trade name Tarceva, was introduced in 2004 for the treatment of lung cancer. Phomallenic acid C is an inhibitor of bacterial fatty acid synthesis. 

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