Abstract
I took part in the research for fungal metabolites for about 40 years. The metabolites of Emericella sp. were studied in the early 15 years. The macrocyclic mycotoxin, emestrin, was isolated from Emericella striata etc. and the histamine release inhibitors, emethallicins, were isolated from Emericella heterothallica. The yellow pigment related to the blue pigments of Aspergillus sp. was also isolated from Talaromyces derxii. Recently triterpenoidal glycosides (saponins), malbrancheosides, were isolated from Malbranchea filamentosa.
