Stagonolides G-I and modiolide A, nonenolides produced by Stagonospora cirsii, a potential mycoherbicide for Cirsium arvense

J Nat Prod. 2008 Nov;71(11):1897-901. doi: 10.1021/np800415w. Epub 2008 Oct 29.

Abstract

Stagonospora cirsii Davis, a fungal pathogen isolated from Cirsium arvense (commonly called Canada thistle) and proposed as a potential mycoherbicide of this perennial noxious weed, produces phytotoxic metabolites in liquid and solid cultures. Stagonolide, the main phytotoxic metabolite, and five new related nonenolides, named stagonolides B-F, were isolated from the fungus. When grown on solid culture, nonenolide yields increased. A further four nonenolides were isolated and characterized by spectroscopy. Three were new compounds and named stagonolides G-I, and the fourth was identified as modiolide A, previously isolated from Paraphaeosphaeria sp., a fungus separated from the horse mussel. Leaf disk-puncture assays at 1 mg/mL of stagonolides H-I and modiolide A were phytotoxic to C. arvense. Only stagonolide H inhibited chicory seedling root growth. The most potent toxin, stagonolide H, indicated selectivity when tested on leaves of eight different plants: Canada thistle was most sensitive to the compound.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Cirsium / drug effects*
  • Cirsium / growth & development
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Herbicides / chemistry
  • Herbicides / isolation & purification*
  • Herbicides / pharmacology
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring / chemistry
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Herbicides
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
  • Lactones
  • stagonolide