Aszonalenin Explained

Aszonalenin is an alkaloid which is produced by Neosartorya and Aspergillus species.^{[1] [2]} Aszonalenin is a neurotoxin.^[3]

Further reading

• Jonathan . Ruchti . Carreira . Erick M. . Ir-Catalyzed Reverse Prenylation of 3-Substituted Indoles: Total Synthesis of (+)-Aszonalenin and (–)-Brevicompanine B . J. Am. Chem. Soc. . 2014 . 136 . 48 . 16756–16759 . 10.1021/ja509893s. 25365411 .
• Kimura . Yasuo . Hamasaki . Takashi . Nakajima . Hiromitsu . Isogai . Akira . Structure of aszonalenin, a new metabolite of Aspergillus zonatus . Tetrahedron Letters . 1982 . 23 . 2 . 225–228 . 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)86791-X . en . 0040-4039.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whittall . John . Sutton . Peter W. . Practical Methods for Biocatalysis and Biotransformations 2 . 16 April 2012 . John Wiley & Sons . 254 . 978-1-119-94341-9 . en.
2. Book: Grundon . M. F. . Alkaloids . 1983 . Royal Society of Chemistry . 978-0-85186-367-2 . 214 . en.
3. Lubertozzi . David M. . Developing Aspergillus as a Host for Heterologous Expression . Biotechnology Advances . 2009 . 27 . 1 . 53–75 . University of California, Berkeley . 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.09.001 . 18840517 . en.