Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jam.13450 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Received Date : 26-Oct-2016 Revised Date : 16-Feb-2017 Accepted Date : 08-Mar-2017 Article type : JAM - Original Article Biological evaluation of 3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, an extrolite produced by Aspergillus nidulans strain KZR-132 C. Ganesh Kumar 1 , Poornima Mongolla 1, 4 , Sujitha Pombala 1 , Shiva Bandi 2 , K. Suresh Babu 2 , Kallaganti Venkata Siva Ramakrishna 3 1 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, 2 Natural Products Chemistry Division, 3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Centre, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, India 4 Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India Running title: 3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol from Aspergillus nidulans Correspondence C. Ganesh Kumar, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Uppal Road, Tarnaka, Hyderabad 500007, India. Email: cgkumar@iict.res.in; cgkumar5@gmail.com