摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide the subject novel compound having antimycotic activity, thus useful as an antifungal agent in the fields of medicine, agricultural chemical, etc. CONSTITUTION:The objective compound of the formula can be obtained by aerobically incubating the objective substance-productive fungi (FERM P-11848) belonging to the genus Aspergillus in a medium (e.g. Czapek-Dox agar) at 20-37 deg.C and pH-8 for 48-100hr under aerating agitation. The physicochemical properties, color and characteristics of this compound are as follows: (1) pale yellow oily matter; (2) molecular formula: C16H24O4; specific rotatory power: [a] = +54 deg.(22 deg.C, in chloroform): solubility: soluble in ethyl acetate, chloroform, toluene, and methanol, insoluble in water. |