fumigatin Biochem.
(fjuːmɪˈgeɪtɪn)
[f. mod.L. fūmigāt-us, specific epithet of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, f. L. fūmigāt- ppl. stem of fūmigāre (see fumigate v.) + -in1.]
A maroon crystalline compound, C8H8O4, with antibiotic activity, obtained synthetically and from Aspergillus fumigatus.
| 1938 Anslow & Raistrick in Biochem. Jrnl. XXXII. 695 A hitherto undescribed mould metabolic product fumigatin, C8H8O4,..[has] been isolated from cultures of Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius. 1946 Nature 17 Aug. 241/1 Fumigatin, spinulosin, helvolic acid, and gliotoxin are the four metabolic products of A. fumigatus which show considerable antibiotic activity. 1967 E. Paryski tr. Korzybski's Antibiotics II. iii. 1273 Fumigatin, C8H8O4, is a quinone containing one methoxyl and one methyl group: 3-hydroxy-4-methoxytoluquinone. |