New diterpene glycosides of the fungus Acremonium striatisporum isolated from a sea cucumber

J Nat Prod. 2002 May;65(5):641-4. doi: 10.1021/np010503y.

Abstract

Three new diterpene glycosides, virescenosides O (1), P (2), and Q (3), have been isolated from a marine strain of Acremonium striatisporum KMM 4401 associated with the holothurian Eupentacta fraudatrix. Their structures were determined on the basis of HRMALDIMS and NMR data as beta-D-altropyranosido-19-isopimara-8(14),15-diene-7alpha,3beta-diol (1), beta-D-altropyranosido-19-7-oxoisopimara-8(9),15-diene-3beta-ol (2), and beta-D-mannopyranosido-19-isopimara-7,15-diene-3beta-ol (3). The cytotoxic activity of the virescenosides was examined.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acremonium / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Hydrolysis
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sea Cucumbers
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Glycosides
  • virescenoside O
  • virescenoside P
  • virescenoside Q