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Aspterric Acid and 6-Hydroxymellein, Inhibitors of Pollen Development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Produced by Aspergillus terreus

  • Atsumi Shimada EMAIL logo , Miyako Kusano , Sumiyo Takeuchi , Shozo Fujioka , Tomohisa Inokuchi and Yasuo Kimura

Aspterric acid (1) and 6-hydroxymellein (2), inhibitors of pollen development in Arabidopsis thaliana, have been isolated fromthe fungus Aspergillus terreus. 1 and 2 inhibited the pollen development at concentrations of 38 and 52 μᴍ, respectively. The microscopic examination of pollen development suggested that the inhibition by the treatment with 1 caused at meiosis and the inhibition by the treatment with 2 caused at microspore stage. 1 and 2 could be useful agents for the molecular investigation of anther and pollen development in higher plants.

Received: 2002-3-6
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 2002-6-1

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