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. 2017 Jul 12;88:37–135. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001

Table 8.

Extrolites found in the different species of Aspergillus section Aspergillus. Tetracyclic means compounds with a UV spectrum typical of BMS-192548 (Shu et al. 1995) or similar UV spectra.

Species Extrolites
Aspergillus aerius Auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. appendiculatus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin, “MYO”
A. aurantiacoflavus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. brunneus Asperflavin, asperentins, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, 5-farnesyl-5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylphthalide, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, mycophenolic acid, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. caperatus Auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. chevalieri Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin, unique: “MYO”
A. cibarius Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins physcion, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. costiformis Auroglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. cristatus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin, “MYO”
A. cumulatus Auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin (DTO 308-D8: “canescins”; DTO 355-G9 produces another type of indolealkaloids than echinulins in addition to echinulins, similar to 12,13-dehydro-deoxybrevianamide E)
A. endophyticus Auroglaucin, bisanthrones, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins (for all species we did find preechinulin, echinulin, neoechinulin A and B), emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. glaucus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides (traces), erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. intermedius Asperflavin, auroglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, LL-S491β, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. leucocarpus An apolar indoloterpene, echinulins, epiheveadrides, neoechinulins, “MUDI” 1-3
A. levisporus Auroglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, tetrahydroauroglaucin, unique: “WOF” 1 & 2
A. mallochii Auroglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. megasporus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulin, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, preechinulin, physcion, quinolactacin (A1, A2, B), tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. montevidensis Apolar indoloterpenes, asperflavin in few isolates, auroglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. neocarnoyi Asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. niveoglaucus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, mycophenolic acid (tentatively identified), neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, siderin (in DTO 355-C4), tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. osmophilus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, flavoglaucin, dihydroauroglaucin, tetrahydroauroglaucin, echinulin and neoechinulin A.
A. porosus Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, isoechinulins, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. proliferans Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. pseudoglaucus Asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, erythroglaucin, 6-farnesyl-5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylphthalide, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, mycophenolic acid, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. ruber Auroglaucin, bisanthrons, catenarin, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin (Ex type of A. athecius CBS 464.65 produced breviones and no red anthraquinones)
A. sloanii Auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, physcion, tetracyclic, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. tamarindosoli Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, echinulins, emodin, dihydroauroglaucin, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, tetrahydroauroglaucin, unique: “MYO”
A. teporis Echinulins, epiheveadrides, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, unique: “KYF” 1 & 2
A. tonophilus Auroglaucin, bisanthrons (few), dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, an apolar indoloterpene, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, tetrahydroauroglaucin
A. xerophilus Bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, erythroglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, sulochrin, tetracyclic, unique: “XERO”
A. zutongqii Asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, (tetracyclic), tetrahydroauroglaucin