Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi
(2018)
Journal Article
Szwalbe, A. J., Williams, K., Song, Z., De Mattos-Shipley, K., Vincent, J. L., Bailey, A. M., …Simpson, T. J. (2018). Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi. Chemical Science, 10(1), 233-238. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC03778G
Two new dihydroxy-xanthone metabolites, agnestins A and B, were isolated from Paecilomyces variotii along with a number of related benzophenones and xanthones including monodictyphenone. The structures were elucidated by NMR analyses and X-ray crysta... Read More about Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi.