A new shikimic acid derivative was isolated from the culture filtrate of Penicillium sp. and characterized as methyl 5-lactyl shikimate lactone. In the course of our continuing study of fungal metabolites, we found that Penicillium sp. K-l 14 produced a new substance having a partial structure similar to shikimic acid, the
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