New insecticidal compounds, communesins C, D and E, from Penicillium expansum link MK-57.
Three new communesin congeners, communesins C, D, and E, together with two known communesins A and B were isolated from okara that had been fermented with Penicillium expansum Link MK-57. All these communesins showed the insecticidal activity against the silkworms.
Hayashi
Hideo
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Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan. hayashi@biochem.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Matsumoto
Hirotaka
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Akiyama
Kohki
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D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000187:drug effects; D005285:Fermentation; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010407:Penicillium / Q000378:metabolism*
D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D007306:Insecticides; C483284:communesin C; C483285:communesin D; C493628:communesin E