Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Warfarin metabolite 1
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Species: A. nigerSystematic name: 1,2,5-Hexanetrione, 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-Molecular formulae: C18H16O4Molecular weight: 296Chemical abstracts number: 119465-33-7Selected references: Microbial models of mammalian metabolism: production of novel a-diketone metabolites of warfarin and phenprocoumon by Aspergillus niger. Rizzo, Jinee D.; Davis, P. J. Coll. Pharm., Univ. Texas, Austin, TX, USA. Xenobiotica (1988), 18(12), 1425-37.
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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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