Adipostatin A is an alkylresorcinol, a type of phenolic lipids 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.

[1] It is also found in cashew nutshell liquid (Anacardium occidentale), in Anacardium othonianum and in Ardisia elliptica.

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