Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – terretonin
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Species: A. terreusMolecular formulae: C26H3209Selected references: McIntyre, C.R.; Scott, F.E.; Simpson, T.J.; Trimble, L.A. and Vederas, J.C., Application of Stable Isotope Labelling Methodology to the Biosynthesis of the Mycotoxin, Terretonin, by Aspergillus terreus: Incorporation of 13C Labelled Acetates and Methionine, 2H and 13C, 18O Labelled Ethyl 3,5-Dimethylorsellinate and Oxygen-18 Tetrahedron 1989 45 () 2307-2321 J. P. Springer, J. W. Dorner, R. J. Cole, R. H. Cox Terretonin, a Toxic Compound from Aspergillus terreus J. Org. Chem. 1979 44 () 4852-4854
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Scanning electron micrograph of Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis conidial heads
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Image D & E. A case of onychomycosis associated with Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis as described in Nail infection by Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis. Med Mycol. 2009 Mar 9:1-5, 2009, Brasch J, Varga J, Jensen JM, Egberts F & Tintelnot K
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Image 5. Oral itraconazole pulse therapy was given to the patient (200 mg twice daily for 1 week, with 3 weeks off between successive pulses, for four pulses) and treatment was successful.
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This patient was 28 yr old with adult lymphocytic leukaemia. She received induction chemotherapy and this infection developed 2 days after recovering from neutropenia.
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Close-up image of the lesion on the left thigh showing a mat of hyphae over the wound.
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Eosinophilic mucin with A. flavus in the nasal cavity. Irregular crust of 2.5 cm from a patient diagnosed as allergic fungal sinusitis. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
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GMS stain of eosinophilic mucin reveals a darkly stained dichotomously branched A. flavus hyphae within cellular background. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
