spiculisporic acid
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| IUPACName = 2-(1-Carboxyundecyl)-5-oxooxolane-2-carboxylic acid
| OtherNames = 4,5-Dicarboxy-gamma-pentadecanolactone
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| CASNo = 469-77-2
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| UNII = DKW7X62M6X
| PubChem = 316426
| ChemSpiderID = 280019
| InChI=1S/C17H28O6/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-13(15(19)20)17(16(21)22)12-11-14(18)23-17/h13H,2-12H2,1H3,(H,19,20)(H,21,22)
| InChIKey = TUXHHVJPGQUPCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| SMILES = CCCCCCCCCCC(C(=O)O)C1(CCC(=O)O1)C(=O)O}}
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| C=17 | H=28 | O=6
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Spiculisporic acid is a bioactive γ-butenolide. It was originally isolated from Penicillium spiculisporum.{{cite journal |last1=Clutterbuck |last2=Rastrick |last3=Rintoul |title=Studies in the Biochemistry of Micro-organisms. Part XVI— on the production from Glucose by Penicillium Spiculisporum Lehman of a new polybasic fatty acid, C 17 H 28 O 6 (The lactone of γ-hydroxy-βδ-dicarboxypentadecoic acid) |journal=Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B |date=1931 |volume=220 |issue=468–473 |page=301|doi=10.1098/rstb.1931.0027 |doi-access=free }} Structural variants have been isolated from a marine Aspergillus.{{cite journal|pmid=23128094|year=2012|last1=Wang|first1=R|last2=Liu|first2=TM|last3=Shen|first3=MH|last4=Yang|first4=MQ|last5=Feng|first5=QY|last6=Tang|first6=XM|last7=Li|first7=XM|title=Spiculisporic acids B–D, three new γ-butenolide derivatives from a sea urchin-derived fungus Aspergillus sp. HDf2|volume=17|issue=11|pages=13175–82|doi=10.3390/molecules171113175|journal=Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)|pmc=6268229 |doi-access=free }}