Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry

Microbial metabolism of 1-aminoanthracene by Beauveria bassiana

J Zhan, AAL Gunatilaka

Index: Zhan, Jixun; Gunatilaka, A.A. Leslie Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 16, # 9 p. 5085 - 5089

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Abstract

The carcinogen and mutagen, 1-aminoanthracene, was efficiently metabolized by the fungal strain Beauveria bassiana ATCC 7159 to yield three new metabolites identified as 1- acetamido-5-[(4′-O-methyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl) oxy] anthracene, 1-acetamido-8-[(4′-O- methyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl) oxy] anthraquinone, and 1-acetamido-6-[(4′-O-methyl-β-d- glucopyranosyl) oxy] anthraquinone, together with 1-acetamidoanthracene and 1- ...