THE AVENUE TO ANDITOMIN

摘要

Ikuro Abe and co-workers elucidate the complete biosynthetic pathway for the fungal natural product anditomin (DOI:10.1021/ja508127q). Natural products are rich sources of architecturally complex compounds with potential therapeutic or commercial applications. This fungal meroterpenoid, first isolated in 1981, boasts a unique, highly oxygenated bridged ring system, the construction of which is not readily apparent.