Table 5.
Extrolite production of species assigned to Aspergillus section Nigri.
| Species | Extrolites produced |
|---|---|
| A. aculeatinus | neoxaline, secalonic acid D, secalonic acid F, aculeasins |
| A. aculeatus | secalonic acid D, secalonic acid F |
| A. brasiliensis | naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyrophen, tensidol A & B |
| A. carbonarius | ochratoxins (A, B, α, β), naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A |
| A. costaricaensis | aflavininesa, funalenone, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B) |
| A. ellipticus | austdiol, candidusins, terpenyllin, cf. xanthoascin |
| A. foetidus | antafumicins (only some strains), asperazine, funalenone, naphtha-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A, (nigragillin) |
| A. heteromorphus | lots of highly unique extrolites including indol-alkaloids, none of them structure elucidated |
| A. homomorphus | dehydrocarolic acid, secalonic acid D, secalonic acid F |
| A. ibericus | naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A |
| A. japonicus | cycloclavine, festuclavine |
| A. lacticoffeatus | kotanins, ochratoxin A, pyranonigrin A, tensidol A & B |
| A. niger | funalenone, ochratoxin A (only some strains), malformins, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A, tensidol A & B, (nigragillin) |
| A. piperis | aflavinins, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A |
| A. sclerotiicarbonarius | naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A, three unique indol-alkaloids at retention indices 1475, 1676 and 1838. |
| A. sclerotioniger | corymbiferan lactones, funalenone, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), ochratoxins (A, B, α, β), pyranonigrin A |
| A. tubingensis | asperazine, funalenone, malformins, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), pyranonigrin A, tensidol A & B, (nigragillin) |
| A. uvarum | asterric acid, dihydrogeodin, erdin, geodin, secalonic acid D and F |
| A. vadensis | nigragillin, asperazine, naphtho-γ-pyrones (including aurasperone B), a polar orlandin-like compound |
a
aflavinins are: 14-epi-14-hydroxy-10,23, dihydro-24,25-dehydroaflavinine, 10.23-dihydro-24,25-dehydroaflavinine and 10,23-dihydro-24,25-dehydro-21-oxo-aflavinine