The metabolism of phenylacetic acid by Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 28282: identification of 2,6-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 23 (9) , 1140-1144
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m77-170
Abstract
Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 28282 converted phenylacetic acid into a new dihydroxylated compound (2,6-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid) which was identified as 2,6-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid methyl ester. Two other new metabolites have been isolated also and identified as ortho- hydroxyphenylacetic acid and meta-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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