Aspewentin B

Trivial name:

Aspewentin B

Systematic name:

Similar to Aspewentin A but minus the methylene group and the presence of a carbonyl group in 2, which was located at C-14 on Aspewentin A.

Molecular formulae: 

C19H24O2

Molecular weight: 284.4

Literature reference:

  • Miao FP1, Liang XR, Liu XH, Ji NY. Aspewentins A-C, norditerpenes from a cryptic pathway in an algicolous strain of Aspergillus wentii. J Nat Prod. 2014 Feb 28;77(2):429-32. doi: 10.1021/np401047w. Epub 2014 Feb 5.

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Structure image:  

Aspewentin B

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