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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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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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
