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Adipostatin A is an alkylresorcinol, a type of natural phenol composed of long aliphatic chains and phenolic rings. Chemically, it is similar in structure to urushiol, the irritant found in poison ivy.
Adipostatin A can be found in Ginkgo biloba fruits as well as in Streptomyces cyaneus. It is also found in cashew nutshell liquid ( Anacardium occidentale), in Anacardium othonianum and in Ardisia elliptica.Koh Hwee Ling, Chua Tung Kian, and Tan Chay Hoon. "A Guide to Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach", p. 14. World Scientific Publishing 2009, . Preview available at Google Books
It is an inhibitor of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
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