Halogen-containing natural products

Fluoroacetic acid is a chemical compound with formula CH2FCOOH.

Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3.

The compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula HCl and as such is a hydrogen halide.

Vancomycin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections.

Bromoform (CHBr3) is a brominated organic solvent, pale yellow liquid at room temperature, with a high refractive index, very high density, and sweet odor is similar to that of chloroform.

Tyrian purple (Greek, πορφύρα, porphyra, Latin: purpura), also known as Tyrian red, royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a bromine-containing reddish-purple natural dye.

Triiodothyronine, also known as T3, is a thyroid hormone.

Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

Chloromethane, also called methyl chloride, Refrigerant-40, R-40 or HCC 40, is a chemical compound of the group of organic compounds called haloalkanes.

Dichloromethane (DCM, or methylene chloride) is an organic compound with the formula CH2Cl2.

(This article is about levothyroxine as a pharmaceutical drug. For its role as a hormone, see Thyroid hormone.) Levothyroxine, also known as L-thyroxine, is a synthetic thyroid hormone that is chemically identical to thyroxine (T4), which is naturally secreted by the follicular cells of the thyroid gland.

4-Chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4-Cl-IAA) is a natural plant hormone.

Brostallicin is a chemical compound being studied in the treatment of cancer.

Ochratoxin A—a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus, Aspergillus carbonarius, and Penicillium verrucosum—is one of the most-abundant food-contaminating mycotoxins.

Halomon is a polyhalogenated monoterpene first isolated from the marine red algae Portieria hornemannii.

Penitrem A (tremortin) is a fungal neurotoxin found on ryegrass.

Sodium fluoroacetate, known in pesticide form as 1080, is the organofluorine chemical compound with the formula FCH2CO2Na.

Maitansine (INN), or maytansine (USAN), is a cytotoxic agent.

Liothyronine is a synthetic form of thyroid hormone (T3) used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.

Griseofulvin (trade names: Gris-peg and Grifulvin V) is antifungal medication.

Teicoplanin is an antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of serious infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis.

Radicicol, also known as monorden, is a natural product that binds to Hsp90 (Heat Shock Protein 90) and alters its function.

Telavancin (trade name Vibativ) is a bactericidal lipoglycopeptide for use in MRSA or other Gram-positive infections.

The calicheamicins are a class of enediyne antitumor antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora, with calicheamicin γ1 being the most notable.

Sceptrin is a bioactive marine isolate.

Phantasmidine is a toxic substance derived from the Ecuadorian poisonous frog Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipeptobates Anthonyi), more commonly known as the “phantasmal poison frog”.

SCH-202,596 is a natural product which is a metabolite derived from an Aspergillus fungus.

Dysidenin is a toxin from the sponge Dysidea herbacea.