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Citrofulvicin, an Antiosteoporotic Polyketide from Penicillium velutinum

Authors
Chen, Y., Jiang, N., Wei, Y.J., Li, X., Ge, H.M., Jiao, R.H., Tan, R.X.
ID
ZDB-PUB-180622-40
Date
2018
Source
Organic letters   20(13): 3741-3744 (Journal)
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  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Molecular Structure
  • Penicillium*
  • Polyketides
PubMed
29927257 Full text @ Org. Lett.
Abstract
Citrofulvicin (1), along with its early shunt product fulvionol (2), was characterized as a skeletally unprecedented antiosteoporotic agent from a human sputum-derived fungus Penicillium velutinum. The unique citrofulvicin framework is likely formed by a nonenzymatic intermolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition between heptaketide-based intermediates. Citrofulvicin and fulvionol were demonstrated to be osteogenic at 0.1 μM in the prednisolone-induced osteoporotic zebrafish.
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