Tetracyclic terpenoids from Dasyscyphus niveus, dasyscyphins D and E

J Nat Prod. 2008 Sep;71(9):1654-6. doi: 10.1021/np800355a. Epub 2008 Sep 5.

Abstract

Cultures of the ascomycete Dasyscyphus niveus have yielded two new tetracyclic dasyscyphin-type terpenoids (1 and 2), and their structures were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The absolute configuration of dasyscyphin D (1) was determined by synthesis and NMR spectroscopy of diastereomeric MTPA esters. Both compounds inhibited the germination of conidia of Magnaporthe grisea at 25 microg/mL.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Fagus / microbiology
  • Female
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Magnaporthe / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • dasyscyphin D
  • dasyscyphin E