Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – O-ethylparvulenone
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Species: A. parvulusSystematic name: 1(2H)-Naphthalenone, 7-(1-ethoxyethyl)-3,4-dihydro-4,8-dihydroxy-Molecular formulae: C14H18O4Molecular weight: 250Chemical abstracts number: 73026-96-7Selected references: Chao, Pei-Dawn; Schiff, Paul L., Jr.; Slatkin, David J.; Knapp, Joseph E. (Sch. Pharm., Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA). J. Chem. Res., Synop., (7), 236 (English) 1979.
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Necrotic lung tissue in culture
Af=Colony of Aspergillus fumigatus
B=bacterial colonies
L=lung tissue
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A photograph of part of the upper lung lobe of an immunosuppressed patient. The lung tissue shows extenive areas of necrosis due to invasive colonisation.
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A photograph of a cavity in the upper lobe of the lung of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Such cavitation,which may be confused with prior tuberculosis, can follow fibrosis.
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Plugs stained with Methenamine/silverActively growing mycelia of the fungus are a deep brown/black. Counterstaining shows the dense mucus of the plugs as predominantly orange.
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Sputum from an asthmatic patient showing plugs(casts). The development of plugs coincided with an increased prevalence and severity of episodes of asthma
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)1300-2800um long:Vesicles(V)40-70um wide,clavate:Phialides(Ph) uniseriate:Conidia(Con)3.5-4.0um long,smooth walled.
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)225-350um arising from hyphae(Hy):Vesicles(Ves)15-25um wide:Phialides(Ph)uniseriate:Conidia(Con)2.4-3.0um spherical to ovoid,roughened.
