Nature produces a variety of different species, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Among them,
fungi play a very important, but yet mostly unexplored role. Their widespread occurrence on …

The trichothecenes are a group of naturally-occurring sesquiterpenoid epoxides which show
a broad range of biological activity. They are powerful inhibitors of eukaryotic protein …

A heavy infestation of Stachybotrys atra in a house in suburban Chicago has caused chronic
health problems for the members of the household. Extracts of the S. atra contaminated …

Three new esters of orsellinic acid, globosumones A− C (1− 3), and three known
compounds, orsellinic acid (4), orcinol, and trichodion (5), were isolated from Chaetomium …

Trichoderma brevicompactum, T. viride, T. harzianum, T. atroviride, T. longibrachiatum, T.
erinaceum, T. citrinoviride, and Hypocrea lutea were screened for production of …

The macrocyclic trichothecene mycotoxins are esters of sesquiterpene alcohols derived from
a common tricyclic skeleton, trichothecane (I), numbered as shown.'The ester groups …

Macrocyclic trichothecenes are an important group of trichothecenes bearing a large ring.
Despite the fact that many of trichothecenes are of concern in agriculture, food …

Saltwater culture of Myrothecium verrucaria, separated from a Spongia sp. collected in
Hawaii, was a source of three new trichothecenes, 3-hydroxyroridin E (1a), 13 ' …

Macrocyclic trichothecene toxins produced by Myrothecium verrucaria (a phytopathogen of
interest in biological weed control) and the non-trichothecene toxin atranone B from …

Nine new C9 polyketides, named aspiketolactonol (1), aspilactonols A–F (2–7), aspyronol
(9) and epiaspinonediol (11), were isolated together with five known polyketides,(S)-2-(2 …