Infectopyrone, a potential mycotoxin from Alternaria infectoria

Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen*, Nigel B. Perry, Birgitte Andersen

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

44 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A new metabolite, infectopyrone (1), has been isolated from the filamentous fungus Alternaria infectoria. The structure of 1 was elucidated by analysis of 2D NMR spectroscopic data. Compound 1 is an α-pyrone resembling known toxins, and is a useful phenotaxonomic marker for the A. infectoria species-group. Infectopyrone (1) was also produced by species within Stemphyllium and Ulocladium, and found in mouldy food.

Original languageEnglish
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume44
Issue number24
Pages (from-to)4511-4513
Number of pages3
ISSN0040-4039
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2003
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Support from the Danish Research Council (Grant Nos. 9800555 and 23000336), the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries through the program ‘Food Quality with a focus on Food Safety’, and the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology are acknowledged. We thank M. Thomas for NMR spectra, and B. Clark and J. Smedsgaard for MS.

Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Alternaria infectoria
  • Chemotaxonomy
  • Stemphyllium
  • Ulocladium
  • Food fungi

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Infectopyrone, a potential mycotoxin from Alternaria infectoria'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this