Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – tryptoquivaline E
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Species: A. fumigatusSystematic name: Spiro[furan-2(5H),9′-[9H]imidazo[1,2-a]indole]-3′,5(2’H)-dione, 1′,3,4,9’a-tetrahydro-1′-hydroxy-2′-methyl-4-(4-oxo-3(4H)-quinazolinyl)-, (2S,2’S,4R,9’aS)-Molecular formulae: C22H18N4O5Molecular weight: 418.402Chemical abstracts number: 61897-87-8Selected references: Yamazaki, Mikio; Fujimoto, Haruhiro; Okuyama, Emi (Res. Inst. Chemobiodynamics, Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan). Tetrahedron Lett., (33), 2861-4 (English) 1976.SECONDARY METABOLITES MYCOTOXINS PRODUCED BY FUNGI COLONIZING CEREAL GRAIN IN STORAGE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES GOLINSKI P CHELKOWSKI, J. (ED.). DEVELOPMENTS IN FOOD SCIENCE, VOL. 26. CEREAL GRAIN: MYCOTOXINS, FUNGI AND QUALITY IN DRYING AND STORAGE. XXII+607P. ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V.: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS; (DIST. IN THE USA AND CANADA BY ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING CO., INC.: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA). ILLUS. MAPS. ISBN 0-444-88554-4.; 0 (0). 1991. 355-403.
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The periphery of the fungus ball is deeply eosinophilic because of the deposition of Splendore-Hoeppli material.
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Single fungal ball, moving. Radiographic appearance of a fungus ball, showing movement as the patient’s position changes.
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Oxalate crystals in the cavity wall surrounding an Aspergillus niger fungus ball (H&E, dark field, x 25).
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Aspergilloma patient. Gross pathology appearance of a fungus ball.
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Conidiophores of Aspergillus fumigatus in the mass of the fungal ball surrounded by mycelia (H&E, x 400).
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Aspergillus niger fungal ball. Calcium oxalate crystals in Aspergillus niger fungal ball. Also shown are darkly pigmented, rough-walled conidia associated with Aspergillus niger infection.
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Aspergillus niger fungus ball within an old tuberculous cavern. This patient had diabetes, a disease commonly associated with A. niger infection.
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