title: Vinigrol, a novel antihypertensive and platelet aggregation inhibitory agent produced by a fungus, Virgaria nigra. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, physicochemical and biological properties.
abstract: Vinigrol, produced by a fungal strain identified as Virgaria nigra, was extracted from the cultured mycelium, purified by solvent extraction followed by chromatography on silica gel and then isolated as crystals (C20H34O3, mp 108 degrees C). Vinigrol decreased arterial blood pressure of anesthetized normotensive rats dose-dependently when administered intravenously. Vinigrol inhibited platelet activating factor and epinephrine induced platelet aggregation.
authors.affiliation: Exploratory Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsurumi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuhara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005285:Fermentation; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D004224:Diterpenes; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C055112:vinigrol