Description and references
Antibiotic substances produced by the basidiomycete Tricholoma nudum. Isoln: Heatley in Florey et al., Antibiotics vol. I (Oxford, 1949) p 358; cf. Wilkins, Harris, Ann. Appl. Biol. 31, 261 (1944).
Derivative
Nudic acid A.
Properties
C14H20O3, large
glistening needles or plates from hexane, mp 123.5°. pK between 3.5 and 4.0.
Optically inactive in alc. Slightly sol in hot water; sol in the
usual organic solvents; freely sol in sodium hydroxide and sodium
carbonate solns.Derivative
Nudic acid B see Diatretyne II.Status
This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject
to revision or update.