Phytotoxic eremophilane sesquiterpenes from the coprophilous fungus Penicillium sp. G1-a14

J Nat Prod. 2015 Feb 27;78(2):339-42. doi: 10.1021/np5009224. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Abstract

Bioassay-directed fractionation of an extract from the grain-based culture of the coprophilous fungus Penicillium sp. G1-a14 led to the isolation of a new eremophilane-type sesquiterpene, 3R,6R-dihydroxy-9,7(11)-dien-8-oxoeremophilane (1), along with three known analogues, namely, isopetasol (2), sporogen AO-1 (3), and dihydrosporogen AO-1 (4). The structure of 1 was elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Assignment of absolute configuration at the stereogenic centers of 1 was achieved using ECD spectroscopy combined with time-dependent density functional theory calculations. Sporogen AO-1 (3) and dihydrosporogen AO-1 (4) caused significant inhibition of radicle growth against Amaranthus hypochondriacus (IC50 = 0.17 mM for both compounds) and Echinochloa crus-galli (IC50 = 0.17 and 0.30 mM, respectively).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Amaranthus / drug effects
  • Amaranthus / growth & development
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Echinochloa / drug effects
  • Echinochloa / growth & development
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Penicillium / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • 3R,6R-dihydroxy-9,7(11)-dien-8-oxoeremophilane
  • Sesquiterpenes