Aspermutarubrol (Ethericin A, Violaceol I)

ID 2: 196

Toxin: n

Trivial name:

Ethericin A, Violaceol I

Systematic name:

1,2-Benzenediol, 3,3′-oxybis[5-methyl-

Molecular formulae: 

C14H14O5

 

Molecular weight: 262.3

Chemical abstract number: 68027-81-6

Literature reference:

  • Metabolites of microorganisms, 171. Ethericin A; isolation, characterization and structure of a novel antibiotically active diphenyl ether. Koenig, Wilfried A.; Pfaff, Klaus Peter; Loeffler, Wolfgang; Schanz, Dieter; Zaehner, Hans. Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie (1978), (8), 1289-96
    Isolation and biological activity of aspermutarubrol, a self-growth inhibitor from Aspergillus sydowi. Taniguchi, Makoto; Kaneda, Norimasa; Shibata, Kozo; Kamikawa, Tadao. Fac. Sci., Osaka City Univ., Osaka, Japan. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry (1978), 42(8), 1629-30.
    Structure determination of violaceol-​I and -​II, new fungal metabolites from a strain of Emericella violacea. Yamazaki, Mikio; Maebayashi, Yukio. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin (1982), 30(2), 514-18

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Date uploaded: 2008-07-07 14:23:28


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