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Article number:
5500711
CAS No.:
119-47-1
Formula:
C23H32O2
Chemical description:
2,2'-Methylenebis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol)
Synonyms:
2,2'-Bis-6-terc.butyl-p-kresylmethane
Molecular weight:
340,50 g/mol
GERI-BP002-A is a compound which can be called a “ secondary metabolite” (as most fermentation products can also be called) produced by Aspergillus fumigatus.It doesn’t possess antibiotic activity bu t was found to inhibit an enzyme known as acyl-CoA-cholesterol acyltransferase (known as ACAT) which is an enzyme involved in cholesterol transesterification and is a target of drug discovery for new anti-cholesterol therapeutics. Abstract of the paper: YK Kim et al J. Antibiotics (Tokyo) 1996 49:31
What does fermentation mean? Fermentation (from latin fermentare) is generally defined as a conversion of material under aerobic or anaerobic conditions influenced by micro-organisms. "Micro-organism" is a collective term for usually ...