Examples of Secondary Metabolites - Durham University

[Pages:2]Examples of Secondary Metabolites

Name

Morphine

Chemical Structure

HO

O N

HH HO

Species

Papaver somniferum

(Poppy)

Digitoxin

C18H31O9 O

O O Digitalis purpurea

(Foxglove)

OH

Salicylic acid

O OH OH

Salix sp. (Willow)

Uses

Pain control

Treatment of congestive heart failure and to control ventricular rate

Analgesic Antiinflammatory

Pyrethrin I

Compositae family

O O

(Including Chrysanthemum and Pyrethrum pulchrum)

Taxol Tetrodotoxin

O

O

NH

AcO O OH

O

HO O

H

O

HO AcO

O

O

OH

HO

O

H

O

H2N

N

OH

N H

OH HO

OH

Taxus brevifolia (Pacific Yew)

Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Puffer fish)

Insecticide Anticancer agent Poison

Penicillin

H N

O

O

S N

CO2

Penicillium sp.

Lysergic acid

Muscarine Lovastatin

O OH

N H

Claviceps sp. (Ergot)

HN H3C O

HO HO

O O H

OH N

O O

Amanita muscaria

(Fly agaric)

Aspergillus terreus

Bleomycin (bleocin)

Vancomycin

H3C

O

NH2 H

NH2

N

NH2

O NN

H2N HO

O HO O

H HN

N HH

O

N

OH H

OO

N H

O HH N

NH S

O

HO

N

H

OH

O

OH

OH

OH O

O NH2

HO

HO H2N

HO

O

OH

OO

Cl

O

Cl

O

O

S

O

N

N

H

S

HO

O

N

O

H

NH

HO2C

H N

O

OH OH

O

N H O

OH

H N

NH

O O

NHMe

NH2

Streptomyces verticillus

Nocardia orientalis

(actinomycete formerly known as Streptomyces orientalis)

Antibiotic

Poison

Poison Parasympathomimetic Lowering of Cholesterol

Antitumour antibiotic

Antibiotic

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