New diterpenic altrosides of the fungus Acremonium striatisporum isolated from a sea cucumber

J Nat Prod. 2000 Jun;63(6):848-50. doi: 10.1021/np9904004.

Abstract

Two new diterpenic glycosides, virescenosides M (1) and N (2), 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 MS and NMR data as beta-D-altropyranosido-19-7-oxo-isopimara-8,15-diene-2alp ha, 3beta-diol (1) and beta-D-altropyranosido-19-isopimara-7, 15-diene-2alpha,3beta,6beta-triol (2). Three other altrosides (3-5), identified as virescenosides A, B, and C from the terrestrial strain Acremonium luzulae, were also isolated. The cytotoxic activity of the virescenosides was examined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acremonium / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Sea Cucumbers / microbiology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes