The structure of dermocybin
- 1 August 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 80 (2), 387-392
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0800387
Abstract
1. Dermocybin, a metabolite of the fungus Cortinarius sanguineus, is a tetrahydroxymethoxy-2-methylanthraquinone in which 3 of the hydroxyl groups are in the [alpha] -position and one hydroxyl and the methoxyl group are in the [beta]-position in the anthraquinone nucleus. To elucidate the structure of nordermocybin, l4:5:6:7-pentahydroxy-2-methyl-, l:4:6:7:8-pentahydroxy-2-methyl-, 4:5:6:7:8-pentahydroxy-and 4:5:6:7:8-pentahydroxy-2-methyl-anthraquinone were synthesized. Nordermocybin is identical with 4:5:6:7:8-pentahydroxy-2-methylantra-quinone. Dermocybin has therefore the structure 4:5:6:8-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxy-2-methylanthraquinone or 4:5:7:8-tetrahydroxy-6-methoxy-2 -methylanthraquinone.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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