Stephanosporin, a "traceless" precursor of 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol in the gasteromycete Stephanospora caroticolor

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1704-1705

  Lang, Martin ^a   Spiteller, Peter ^a   Hellwig, Veronika ^a   Steglich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungi; Natural products; Nitro compounds; Organochloro compounds; Phenols

Indexed keywords

PHENOLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

INDUSTRIAL FUNGICIDES;

FUNGICIDES;

NITROPHENOL; STEPHANOSPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEPHANOSPORA CAROTICOLOR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0035805276     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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