Kibdelone C is a member of a family of natural heterocyclic polyketides first isolated from a soil actinomycete, Kibdelosporangium. Kibdelones have been described as having potent and selective cytotoxicity against a panel of human tumor cell lines, and kibdelone C has low nanomolar effectiveness in these assays. Kibdelone C disrupts the actin cytoskeleton without directly binding actin or affecting its polymerization in vitro.
