Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: 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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Mr RM is 80 and an ex-coal miner.He developed pneumoconiosis from exposure to coal dust. He also developed rheumatoid arthritis and the combination of this disease and pneumoconiosis is called Caplan’s syndrome.
His chest Xray in early 2015 shows extensive bilateral pulmonary shadowing with solid looking nodules superimposed on abnormal lung fields, contraction of his left lung with an elevated diaphragm and a large left upper lobe aspergilloma, displaying a classic air crescent. His CT scan from mid 2014 demonstrates a large aspergilloma in a cavity on the left, with marked pleural thickening around it, which is partially ‘calcified’ towards its base. Inferiorly on other images,remarkable pleural thickening and fibrotic irregular and spiculated nodules are seen, most partially calcified.
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