Geodin
Application Notes
Geodin is an unusual chlorine-containing metabolite produced by Aspergillus terreus first reported by Raistrick and Smith, University of London, England in 1936. Geodin is active against Newcastle disease virus with MIC 9 µg/mL in a chick embryo fibroblast system. Geodin has moderate activity against Gram-positive bacteria and possesses weak insecticidal activity. Geodin inhibits α-glucosidase and enhances fibrinolysis via plasminogen activator inhibition.
References
- Studies in the biochemistry of micro-organisms: The metabolic products of Aspergillus terreus Thom. Part II. Two new chlorine-containing mould metabolic products, geodin and erdin. Raistrick H. & Smith G. Biochem. J. 1936, 30, 1315.
- Studies on antiviral and antitumor antibiotics. XII. Effect of geodin on virus multiplication. Takatsuki A. et al. Agr. Biol. Chem. 1969, 33, 1119.
- Design, semisynthesis, insecticidal and antibacterial activities of a series of marine-derived geodin derivatives and their preliminary structure-activity relationships. Chao R. et al. Mar. Drugs 2022, 18, 82.



