Schaeffer J M, Frazier E G, Bergstrom A R, Williamson J M, Liesch J M, Goetz M A
Department of Biochemical Parasitology, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1990 Sep;43(9):1179-82. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.43.1179.
Cochlioquinone A, isolated from the fungus Helminthosporium sativum, was found to have nematocidal activity. Cochlioquinone A is a competitive inhibitor of specific [3H]ivermectin binding suggesting that cochlioquinone A and ivermectin interact with the same membrane receptor.