Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

Aurovertins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aurovertin

Scope note

  • Very toxic and complex pyrone derivatives from the fungus Calcarisporium arbuscula. They bind to and inhibit mitochondrial ATPase, thereby uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation. They are used as biochemical tools.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under PYRANS 1980-90; was AUROVERTIN see under ANTIBIOTICS 1975-79

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001313

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 11/19/74, last modified 5/27/16