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Anthraquinone production by a fungus causing black heartwood stain in yellow cedar

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A yellow crystalline fungal metabolite was obtained from cultures of sterile, darkly pigmented fungi which had been isolated from the heartwood of yellow cedar. This chemical was identified as 1-hydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone and showed negligible toxicity against a range of wood-destroying Basidiomycetes and moulds. It also greatly reduced conidial formation inT. virgatum.

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  1. Forest Products Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development of Canada, Vancouver, B.C.

    R. S. Smith

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  1. A. J. Cserjesi
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Cserjesi, A.J., Smith, R.S. Anthraquinone production by a fungus causing black heartwood stain in yellow cedar. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 35, 91–96 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049571

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