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THE recent proposals1,2 of structures for aflatoxin B1 (I and II), the biologically active3,4 metabolite of Aspergillus flavus, prompt consideration of its biogenesis. It is the purpose of this communication to show that of the two modes of forming carbon skeletons summarized in the Acetate and Isoprene Rules the former does not lead to a simple hypothesis in spite of the suggestive pattern of oxygen substituents on ring C and the β (or δ) keto-acyl group of rings D and E.
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MOODY, D. Biogenetic Hypotheses for Aflatoxin. Nature 202, 188 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202188a0
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