A thiopyranchromenone and other chromone derivatives from an Endolichenic fungus, Preussia africana

J Nat Prod. 2012 Feb 24;75(2):230-7. doi: 10.1021/np2009362. Epub 2012 Feb 10.

Abstract

The first example of a naturally occurring thiopyranchromenone, preussochromone A (1), and five other new chromone derivatives, preussochromones B-F (2-6), were isolated from solid cultures of an endolichenic fungus, Preussia africana. The structures of 1-6 were established primarily by NMR experiments, and 2 and 4 were further confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were determined by the application of electronic circular dichroism (ECD), whereas those of C-5 in 3, C-6 in 4, and the 6,7-diol in 5 were deduced via the CD data of the in situ formed [Rh₂(OCOCF₃)₄] complex, the modified Mosher method, and Snatzke's method, respectively. Compounds 1 and 3 showed significant cytotoxicity against A549 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Chromones / chemistry
  • Chromones / isolation & purification*
  • Chromones / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Lichens / microbiology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Chromones
  • preussochromone A