Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Asterriquinone A1
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Species: A. terreusSystematic name: 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2,5-bis[1-(1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]-3,6-dimethoxy-Molecular formulae: C34H34N2O4Molecular weight: 534Chemical abstracts number: 60924-75-6Selected references: Arai, Kunizo; Masuda, Kikuo; Kiriyama, Noriki; Nitta, Keiichi; Yamamoto, Yuzuru; Shimizu, Sakae (Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa 920, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 29(4), 961-9 (English) 1981.
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These colonies were isolated from a BAL, (also with bacterial qrowth of S.aureus and S.maltophilia) from a patient with a VAP (undergoing corticosteroid treatment). The growth medium used is sabouraud dextrose agar , incubated at 37° C
The identification is made by microscopic/macroscopic observation criteria.
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Microscopic morphology of A. flavus. Conidial heads are radiate, splitting to form loose columns, biseriate but having some heads with phialides borne directly on the vesicle.
