Studies in mycological chemistry. Part XIX. “Product B”(averantin)[1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxy-2-(1-hydroxyhexyl)anthraquinone], a pigment from Aspergillus versicolor(vuillemin) tiraboschi
Abstract
Analytical and spectroscopic evidence, together with the demonstration that “Product B” can be converted into averythrin, has established the above-mentioned structure for the former pigment (now called averantin).