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Biosynthesis of tetrahydroanthraquinones in fungi
C Elsworth1, M Gill, S Saubern
1School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
Phytochemistry
|October 6, 2000
Abstract:
The tetrahydroanthraquinones (1S,3S)-austrocortilutein (4) and (1S,3S)-austrocortirubin (7) are octaketides formed in the fruit bodies of the fungus Dermocybe splendida via the gentiobioside 2 of the dihydroanthracenone (S)-torosachrysone (1).