Polyketides as Secondary Metabolites from the Genus Aspergillus
Xuelian Bai1, Yue Sheng1, Zhenxing Tang2
1College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Abstract:
Polyketides are an important class of structurally diverse natural products derived from a precursor molecule consisting of a chain of alternating ketone and methylene groups. These compounds have attracted the worldwide attention of pharmaceutical researchers since they are endowed with a wide array of biological properties. As one of the most common filamentous fungi in nature, Aspergillus spp. is well known as an excellent producer of polyketide compounds with therapeutic potential. By extensive literature search and data analysis, this review comprehensively summarizes Aspergillus-derived polyketides for the first time, regarding their occurrences, chemical structures and bioactivities as well as biosynthetic logics.
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