Pityrialactone- a new fluorochrome from the tryptophan metabolism of M. alassezia furfur

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-191

  Mayser, Peter ^a   Stapelkamp, Heike ^a   Krämer, Hans Joachim ^a   Podobinska, Monika ^a   Wallbott, Werner ^a   Irlinger, Bernhard ^b   Steglich, Wolfgang ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisindolyl derivatives; Fluorescence; Malassezia furfur; Pityrialactone; Pityriasis versicolor

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; FLUOROCHROME; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NITROGEN; PITYRIALACTONE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; LACTONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALASSEZIA; MALEIMIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

MALASSEZIA FURFUR; PITYRIASIS; TINEA;

EID: 0242694430     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026042903354     Document Type: Article

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