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A new linear polyester, menisporopsin B, along with the known macrocyclic polyester, menisporopsin A, was isolated from the seed fungus Menisporopsis theobromae BCC 4162. The structure of menisposopsin B was addressed primarily by spectroscopic analyses, and the stereochemistry was established by chemical correlation. Menisporopsin B exhibited antimalarial activity with an IC50 value of 1.0 μg/ml.
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Ruanglek, V., Chokpaiboon, S., Rattanaphan, N. et al. Menisporopsin B, a New Polyester from the Seed Fungus Menisporopsis theobromae BCC 4162. J Antibiot 60, 748–751 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ja.2007.98
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