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SUBMITTER: Liao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6384659 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190131 3
Fungi are a source of novel phytotoxic compounds to be explored in the search for effective and environmentally safe herbicides. The genetic inactivation of the biosynthetic pathway of the new phytotoxin cichorine has led to the isolation of three novel phytotoxins from the fungus <i>Aspergillus nidulans</i>: 8-methoxycichorine (<b>4</b>), 8-<i>epi</i>-methoxycichorine (<b>5</b>), and <i>N</i>-(4'-carboxybutyl) cichorine (<b>6</b>). The structure of the new compounds was clearly determined by a ...[more]