Brill G M, Chen R H, Rasmussen R R, Whittern D N, McAlpine J B
Anti-infective Research, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1993 Jan;46(1):39-47. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.39.
The novel antifungal agents, calbistrins A, B, C and D have been isolated from a strain of Penicillium restrictum (AB 1875C-28). The four congeners were separated by bioactivity directed fractionation using countercurrent chromatography and preparative-HPLC. NMR studies revealed that the calbistrins each contain a carboxylic acid conjugated tetraene attached through an aliphatic ester linkage to a hexahydronaphthalene system.