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ChEBI
ascofuranone
- Term ID
- CHEBI:156148
- Synonyms
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- (-)-ascofuranone
- (S)-ascofuranone
- (S-(E,E))-3-chloro-4,6-dihydroxy-2-methyl-5-(3-methyl-7-(tetrahydro-5,5-dimethyl-4-oxo-2-furanyl)-2,6-octadienyl)-benzaldehyde
- Definition
- A dihydroxybenzaldehyde that is 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde which is substituted by a (2E,6E)-7-[(2S)-5,5-dimethyl-4-oxotetrahydrofuran-2-yl]-3-methylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl group at position 3, chlorine at position 5, and a methyl group at position 6. A meroterpenoid produced by the soil fungus, Acremonium sclerotigenum. It is a promising drug candidate against the tropical disease, African trypanosomiasis.
- References
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- CAS:38462-04-3
- KNApSAcK:C00017973
- PMID:10511901
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- is a type of
- has_role
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- inverse is_conjugate_base_of
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- is_conjugate_acid_of
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from ascofuranone
Phenotype where environments contain ascofuranone
Phenotype modified by environments containing ascofuranone
Human Disease Model