Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – aflatoxin Q1
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Species: A. flavusSystematic name: Cyclopenta[c]furo[3′,2′:4,5]furo[2,3-h][1]benzopyran-1,11-dione, 2,3,6a,9a-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-, [3S-(3a,6aa,9aa)]-Molecular formulae: C17H12O7Molecular weight: 328Chemical abstracts number: 52819-96-2Selected references: Nakazato, Mitsuo; Morozumi, Satoshi; Saito, Kazuo; Fujinuma, Kenji; Nishima, Taichiro; Kasai, Nobuhiko (Dep. Food Hyg. and Nutr., Tokyo Metrop. Res. Lab. Public Health, Tokyo 169, Japan). Eisei Kagaku, 37(2), 107-16 (English) 1991.
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Culture plates on different media. A Colonies on CZ at 24oC, B on CYA at 20oC C on SAB at 37oC, D on CYA at 24oC
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