andrastin

English

Noun

andrastin (plural andrastins)

1. Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase
   • 2015 December 31, “Penicillium excelsum sp . nov from the Brazil Nut Tree Ecosystem in the Amazon Basin’”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The species produces andrastin A, curvulic acid, penicillic acid and xanthoepocin, and has unique partial β-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences.

Derived terms

• andrastin A