Arundinols A-C and arundinones A and B from the plant endophytic fungus Microsphaeropsis arundinis

J Nat Prod. 2013 Jan 25;76(1):107-12. doi: 10.1021/np300806a. Epub 2013 Jan 7.

Abstract

Three new ent-eudesmane sesquiterpenoids, arundinols A-C (1-3), one isochroman-1-one, arundinone A (4), and a polyoxygenated benzofuran-3(2H)-one dimer, arundinone B (5), were isolated from the extract of a plant endophytic fungus, Microsphaeropsis arundinis. Their structures were elucidated primarily by NMR experiments, and 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The absolute configuration of 1 was assigned by X-ray crystallography using Cu Kα radiation, whereas those of the C-11 tertiary alcohols in 2 and 3 were deduced via the circular dichroism data of the in situ formed [Rh(2)(OCOCF(3))(4)] complexes. Arundinone B (5) represents the first dimeric benzofuran-3(2H)-one, showing cytotoxicity against T24 and A549 cells. The co-isolated known compound 6 showed a modest inhibitory effect against Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / isolation & purification*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane
  • arundinol A
  • arundinol B
  • arundinol C
  • arundinone A
  • arundinone B
  • eudesmane