Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Secalonic acid B
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Species: A. aculeatusMolecular formulae: C32H30O14 Chemical abstracts number: 35287-71-9Selected references: Kurobane I, Vining LC, McInnes AG. J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1979 Dec;32(12):1256-66. Biosynthetic relationships among the secalonic acids. Isolation of emodin, endocrocin and secalonic acids from Pyrenochaeta terrestris and Aspergillus aculeatus. APSIMON JW, CORRAN JA, CREASEY NG, MARLOW W, WHALLEY WB, SIM KY. THE CHEMISTRY OF FUNGI. XLVII. THE CONSTITUTION OF ERGOCHRYSIN A, SECALONIC ACID A, AND SECALONIC ACID B. J Chem Soc. 1965 Jul;25:4144-56.
PAS stain. An example of Aspergillus fumigatus.
(PAS-stained) in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease showing a 45 degree branching hypha within a giant cell. Rather bulbous hyphal ends are also seem, which is sometimes found inAspergillus spp. infections, histologically. (x800)
