1. SHAIKH ZIAUDDIN SULTANI - Department of Chemistry, Government Degree Science and Commerce College, Landhi-Korangi,
Karachi, Pakistan.
2. MUHAMMAD SHAHAB ALAM - Department of Basic Science Mathematics & Humanities, Dawood University of Engineering and
Technology, New MA Jinnah road, Karachi, Pakistan.
3. NUSRAT KIRAN - Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, New MA
Jinnah road, Karachi, Pakistan.
4. ZUBAIR HASHMI - Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, New MA
Jinnah road, Karachi, Pakistan.
5. MUHAMMAD AIJAZ ANWAR - Pharmaceutical Research Center, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Laboratories Complex Karachi, Pakistan.
Incubation of Imperialine (1) with the fungus Cephalosporium aphidicola yielded a new and a known compound. These compounds were fully Characterized and identified as ∆6,9(11), 5a, 17b, 25S-cevanin, 3b-20a-diol, named Imperialidiene (2), and Imperialone (3) on the basis of modern spectroscopic techniques.
Cephalosporium Aphidicola, Imperialine, Imperialidiene, and Imperialone.