Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aflatoxin B3
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Species: A. (species not defined)Systematic name: 2H-Furo[3′,2′:4,5]furo[2,3-h]-1-benzopyran-2-one, 7a,10a-dihydro-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-methoxy-Molecular formulae: C16H14O6Molecular weight: 302.279Chemical abstracts number: 23315-33-5Selected references: Metabolites of Aspergillus flavus. Heathcote, John G.; Dutton, M. F. Univ. Salford, Salford, UK. Tetrahedron (1969), 25(7), 1497-500. CODEN: TETRAB ISSN: 0040-4020. Journal written in English. CAN 70:103858 AN 1969:103858 CAPLUS
Mucous containing Charcot-Leyden crystals, stained with H & EA 57 year old woman presented with breathlessness. She had a history of mild asthma for which she occasionally took salbutamol inhaler puffs. The patient underwent a pneumonectomy because of the severity of her disease process, and uncertainty about the diagnosis, prior to serology results being obtained.Serology showed an IgE of 2600, with a strongly positive Aspergillus RAST test and weakly positive Aspergillus precipitins. Material re