Emerones A-C: three novel merosesquiterpenoids with unprecedented skeletons from Emericella sp. XL029

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Sep 28;17(36):8450-8455. doi: 10.1039/c9ob01788g. Epub 2019 Sep 9.

Abstract

Three novel highly oxygenated α-pyrone merosesquiterpenoids, emerones A-C (1-3), have been obtained from the fungus, Emericella sp. XL029, which was isolated from the leaves of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant, Panax notoginseng. The structures and absolute configurations of 1-3 were determined by NMR experiments, X-ray diffraction analysis, and computational methods. Structurally, compound 1 possessed an unprecedented 5/7 bicyclic ring architecture, compound 2 had an unusual substituted 10-membered ring, and compound 3 had an undescribed norsesquiterpene skeleton. In addition, compounds 1 and 2 showed moderate activity towards several types of bacteria and fungi, exhibiting MIC values ranging from 12.5 to 50 μg mL-1, whereas compound 3 showed no antimicrobial activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Fungi / drug effects*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes