Cichorine

ID 2: 188

Toxin: n

Trivial name:

6-​Hydroxy-​4-​methoxy-​5-​methylphthalimidine; Cichorine

Systematic name:

1H-Isoindol-1-one, 2,3-dihydro-6-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methyl-

Molecular formulae: 

C₁₀H₁₁NO₃

 

Molecular weight: 193.2

Chemical abstract number: 114090-43-6

Literature reference:

• Studies on fungal products. XVI. New metabolites related to 3-​methylorsellinate from Aspergillus silvaticus. Kawahara, Nobuo; Nozawa, Koohei; Nakajima, Shoichi; Udagawa, Shunichi; Kawai, Kenichi Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin (1988), 36(1), 398-400.
  Identification and molecular genetic analysis of the cichorine gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans. Sanchez, James F.; Entwistle, Ruth; Corcoran, David; Oakley, Berl R.; Wang, Clay C. C. MedChemComm (2012), 3(8), 997-1002.

References URL: 

• http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/substance/12764
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/MD/c2md20055d#!divAbstract
• https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb1958/36/1/36_1_398/_article

Aspergillus Species known to produce this metabolite:

• /species/a-nidulans
• /species/a-silvaticus

Date uploaded: 2008-07-07 15:48:31

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