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A consistently produced group of fungal secondary metabolites fromPenicillium brevicompactum has been purified and identified as the Raistrick phenols. These compounds are shown to exist separately as an equilibrium mixture in aqueous solutions. The Raistrick phenols have all been included in the metabolite profile ofP. brevicompactum. By means of thin layer chromatography-scanning and high performance liquid chromatography-UV diode array detection, the chromatographic and spectroscopic data can be used in the chemotaxonomic characterization of the fungus.
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Andersen, B. Consistent production of phenolic compounds byPenicillium brevicompactum for chemotaxonomic characterization. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 60, 115–123 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00572701
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