BACTERIAL CONVERSION OF THE FUNGAL ASCOPYRONE-T TO 2(S)-DIHYDROASCOPYRONE-T (HALICLONOL)

Authors
DEFFIEUX G VERCAUTEREN J BAUTE MA NEVEU A BAUTE R
Citation
G. Deffieux et al., BACTERIAL CONVERSION OF THE FUNGAL ASCOPYRONE-T TO 2(S)-DIHYDROASCOPYRONE-T (HALICLONOL), Phytochemistry, 36(4), 1994, pp. 849-852
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
849 - 852
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1994)36:4<849:BCOTFA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Ascopyrone T, a fungal metabolite from Tuberales, is reduced on one of its carbonyl groups by several bacteria, yielding the chiral compound 2(S)-dihydroascopyrone T, which is identical with haliclonol, a spong e metabolite.