Fig 6.

Fungal metabolism of methoxyhydroquinone and dimethoxyhydroquinone. The time course of MHQ and DMHQ (A and C) metabolisms was monitored. After a 2-day pre-incubation, MHQ and DMHQ were added to a final concentration of 2.0 mM. The ring-cleavage products of MHQ and DMHQ (B and D) were detected in the reaction solutions using the fungal cell lysate. MHQ and DMHQ were added to a final concentration of 2.0 mM. After 3 or 12 h of incubation with MHQ or DMHQ, reaction products were identified using GC-MS. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation of three independent experiments.