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Another chlorine containing metabolic product is the 

 strongly dextrorotatory, colourless compound griseof ulvin 

 obtained from the mycelium of P. griseo-fulvum, and 

 thought to have the structure : — 



OCH3 CH 



CH30N^^ 

 CI 



C CO 



I I 



C CH, 



CH 

 CH, 



Other Products. — A number of other products includ- 

 ing polysaccharides, pigments, sterols and fats, which 

 will be described in Chapters XIX, XX, and XXI, 

 together with the following examples serve to 

 emphasise the very wide range of the synthetic 

 abilities of the lower fungi. Some of the substances 

 which illustrate the diversity of the products 



OH 



/^jCHaOH 



of the moulds are gentisyl alcohol, , which 



%/ 

 OH 



is produced along with the corresponding gentisic acid 



OCH3 

 ^\ 

 by P. patulum ; methyl anisate, , methyl 



%/ 

 COOCH3 



^\CH=CH.C00CH3, 



cinnamate, , and methyl p-methoxy- 



%/ 



^\CH=CH.C00CH3, 



cinnamate, , produced by the 



CHjO^/ 



wood rotting fungus Lentinus lepideus ; mellein, which 



