Slime moulds (Myxomycetes) as a source of new biologically active metabolites

Abstract

An investigation of the chemistry of acellular slime moulds revealed the presence of several types of metabolites. Tetramic acid derivatives and physarochrome A are responsible for the pigmentation of plasmodia, whereas naphthoquinones occur in fruiting bodies of Trichia and related genera. Two unusual pyrone derivatives have been isolated from plasmodia of Fuligo and Ceratiomyxa species. Arcyria denudata produces a whole family of biogenetically related bisindolylmaleimides, some of them possessing unusual structures and exhibiting phosphorescence phenomena. © 1989 IUPAC