Herbarin and dehydroherbarin, isolated from the fungus Torula herbarum (Pers.), belong to the class of pigments in which a naphthaquinone moiety is fused to an oxacyclohexene ring at the 1, 2-positions. Their structures are discussed. 25O THE JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS APR. 1971
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