Characteristic new members of the phthiocerol and phenolphtiocerol families from Mycarbacterium ulcerans |
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| Authors: | Gurdyal S Besra David E Minnikin Amin Sharif John L Stanford |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry, The University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K.;Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Pathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Dtacyl phtluodlolone A and phenolphthtodlo-lone A hpids were isolated from two stratus of Mycobactertum ulcerans . The dlol umts of the phthione A and phenolphth]odlolone A components were shown to have erythro stercochemistry by infrared spectroscopy and proton nuclear magnetic resonance of an acetal derivative This stereoehemistry is shared only by related dvols from M. marmum , the dhols from M. boys, M kansasu, M leprae and M. luberculosiss having threo stereochemlstry. |
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| Keywords: | Mycobacterum ulcerans Lipids Phthiocerol family Phenolphthiocerol family |
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