Purification and Chemical Characterization of a Potent Acaricide and a Closely Related Inactive Metabolite Produced by C47.

Mites are arthropods and some of them infest dry meat cured products and produce allergic reactions. Some mites, such as , or feed on filamentous fungi that grow during the meat curing process. Removal of mite infestation of meat products is extremely difficult and there are no adequate miticidal compounds.