Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Asterriquinone A1
Copyright: n/a
Notes:
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.
Images library
-
Title
Legend
-
Pigmentation of Aspergillus versicolor colonies ranged from pale green to greenish-beige, pink-green, dark green and brown. Reverse is usually reddish. The growth rate is usually slow. Cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol.
-
A Colonies on MEA after one week; B, C conidial heads with tip of conidiophire, x920; D conidial head, x 2330; E conidial heads x920
-
A Colonies on MEA + 20% sucrose after one week; B detail of colony showing columnar conidial heads x 44 ; C conidial heads x 920; D conidia x2330
-
Cultures are grown on malt extract agar for 5-7 days at 30°C.
Light microscopy-1000x stained with lacto-phenol and cotton blue. -
A Colonies on MEA +20% sucrose after one week; B ascomata x 40; C conidiophores x 920; D ascospores x2330; E ascoma x 230; F portion of ascoma with asci and ascospores, x 920.