Ascomycotin A, a new citromycetin analogue produced by Ascomycota sp. Ind19F07 isolated from deep sea sediment

Yong-qi Tian1, Xiu-ping Lin, Juan Liu

  • 1a Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , P.R. China.

Natural Product Research
|December 25, 2014
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