Cyclipostins, processes for their preparation and use thereof

The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), wherein R , R , E, X1, X2 and X3 have the definitions in this application, obtained by the cultivation of the Streptomyces species HAG 004107 (DSM 13381) and to the physiologically compatible salts and chemical equivalents of said compounds. The invention also relates to a method for producing the cyclipostins and their physiologically compatible salts and chemical equivalents as medicaments, in particular as inhibitors of lipases, and to pharmaceutical preparations containing cyclipostin or a physiologically compatible salt or equivalent thereof.