ChemInform Abstract: Physarorubinic Acid, a Polyenoyltetramic Acid Type Plasmodial Pigment from the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum (Myxomycetes)

Authors :: Bert Steffan
Alexander Nowak
Source :: ChemInform. 28
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Wiley, 2010.
Abstract: The polyenoyltetramic acid physarorubinic acid (2) has been isolated from microplasmodia of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum. The structure was elucidated by means of 1D- and 2D-NMR, IR, and UV spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The stereochemistry was proven by synthesis of the tetramic acid unit and application of circular dichroism. It was shown that plasmodia of a white mutant strain also contain yellow pigments.

Subjects :: Circular dichroism
biology
Chemistry
Stereochemistry
fungi
Physarum polycephalum
General Medicine
Tetramic acid
biology.organism_classification
Pigment
Biochemistry
Mutant strain
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visual_art.visual_art_medium
Slime mold

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