Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – terrein
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Species: A. fischeri, A. lentulus, A. monodii, A. monodii, A. novofumigatus, A. olivicola, A. terreus, Emericella variecolor, Emericella venezuelensisSystematic name: 2-Cyclopenten-1-one, 4,5-dihydroxy-3-propenyl- 2-Cyclopenten-1-one, 4,5-dihydroxy-3-(1-propenyl)-Molecular formulae: C8H10O3Molecular weight: 154.163Chemical abstracts number: 582-46-7Selected references: Kiriyama, Noriki; Nitta, Keiichi; Sakaguchi, Yoshiaki; Taguchi, Yasuhisa; Yamamoto, Yuzuru (Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 25(10), 2593-601 (English) 1977.Frisvad JC, Samson RA. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2004 Nov;27(6):672-80. Emericella venezuelensis, a new species with stellate ascospores producing sterigmatocystin and aflatoxin B1.Park SH, Kim DS, Kim WG, Ryoo IJ, Lee DH, Huh CH, Youn SW, Yoo ID, Park KC. Terrein: a new melanogenesis inhibitor and its mechanism. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2004 Nov;61(22):2878-85.
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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)
