A. Musuku et al., ISOLATION AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF A NEW ROQUEFORTINE-RELATED MYCOTOXIN FROM PENICILLIUM-VERRUCOSUM VAR CYCLOPIUM ISOLATED FROM CASSAVA, Journal of natural products, 57(7), 1994, pp. 983-987
Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium RV 67718 isolated from ground ca
ssava collected in Burundi, was cultivated under laboratory conditions
to produce the mycotoxin roquefortine C [1] and a new structurally re
lated but previously unpublished metabolite [2]. In addition, the trem
orgenic compounds penitrems A and B [3 and 4, respectively] were isola
ted. The structure of 2 was determined using spectroscopic methods.