Austalide J

Systematic name:

5H-​Furo[3,​4-​i]​oxepino[4,​3-​a]​xanthene-​3,​12-​dione, 1,​2,​5a,​6,​7,​7a,​10,​14,​14a,​14b-​decahydro-​5a-​hydroxy-​13-​methoxy-​5,​5,​7a,​9,​14b-​pentamethyl-​, (5aS,​7aS,​14aR,​14bR)​-

Molecular formulae: 

C₂₅H₃₂O₇

Molecular weight: 444.5

Chemical abstract number: 87833-51-0

Literature reference:

• Biosynthesis of austalide D, a meroterpenoid mycotoxin from Aspergillus ustus. De Jesus, Amelia E.; Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (1983), (13), 716-18. Metabolites of Aspergillus ustus. Part 3. Structure elucidation of austalides G-​L. Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert; Rabie, Christiaan J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1985), (2), 363-7. Metabolites of Aspergillus ustus. Part 1. Application of the heteronuclear selective population inversion (SPI) NMR technique to the structure elucidation of the austalides A-​F, novel ortho ester meroterpenoids. Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert; Rabie, Christiaan J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1985), (2), 345-56.

References URL: 

• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1985/P1/p19850000363#!divAbstract
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1985/P1/p19850000345#!divAbstract
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1983/C3/c39830000716#!divAbstract
• https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Austalide-J

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/a-ustus

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