“…14,15 Indolocarbazoles including staurosporines, 51–60 K-252 derivatives, 61–63 rebeccamycins, 64,65 RK-1409B, 66 RK-286 C and D, 67,68 tjipanazoles, 69 TAN-999S and TAN-1030A analogues, 54,70 fradcarbazoles, 71 indocarba-zostatins, 72–75 ZHD-0501, 76 fluoroindolocarbazoles, 77 holy-rines, 78 MLR-52, 79 and BE-13793C 80,81 have been reported to have promising antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor, and neuroprotective activities. Thus, compounds 1 – 7 were tested against five bacterial strains ( Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, Micrococcus luteus NRRL B-287, Mycobacterium smegmatis ATCC 14468, Salmonella enterica ATCC 10708, and Escherichia coli NRRL B-3708), one fungal strain ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 204508), and three human cancer cell lines (PC-3, prostate; A549, lung; and U118, brain).…”