Abstract
The fungus Curvularia lunata, isolated from the marine sponge Niphates olemda, yielded the new 1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methoxyanthraquinone, which we named lunatin (1), the known modified bisanthraquinone cytoskyrin A (2), and the known plant hormone (+)-abscisic acid (3). Both anthraquinones were found to be active against Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli. Two strains of the fungus Cladosporium herbarum, isolated from the sponges Aplysina aerophoba and Callyspongia aerizusa, respectively, yielded two new alpha-pyrones, herbarin A (4) and herbarin B (5), the known compound citreoviridin A (6), and the new phthalide herbaric acid (7). All structures were unambiguously established by 1D and 2D NMR and MS data.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 730-733 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Natural Products |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 2 Apr 2002 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2002 |
Keywords
- abscisic acid
- animals
- anthraquinones
- anti-bacterial agents
- anti-infective agents
- antifungal agents
- artemia
- bacillus subtilis
- candida albicans
- thin layer chromatography
- escherichia coli
- feeding behavior
- fungi
- Indonesia
- Mediterranean sea
- molecular structure
- nuclear magnetic resonance, biomolecular
- Porifera
- Spodoptera
- staphylococcus aureus
