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Ruakuric acid: a natural product from Aspergillus fumigatus
H G Cutler1, D R Lauren, A L Wilkins
1United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA 30613, USA.
Phytochemistry
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
A new chroman derivative, named ruakuric acid, was isolated from a strain of Aspergillus fumigatus growing in conjunction with a coral lichen. The structure was determined as 6-acetyl-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-chroman-2-carboxylic acid (mixture of 2,4-cis,trans isomers).