Preparative separation of spirobisnaphthalenes from endophytic fungus Berkleasmium sp. Dzf12 by high-speed counter-current chromatography

Molecules. 2013 Oct 16;18(10):12896-908. doi: 10.3390/molecules181012896.

Abstract

High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was applied for the first time for the preparative separation of spirobisnaphthalenes from a crude extract of the endophytic fungus Berkleasmium sp. Dzf12, associated with the medicinal plant Dioscorea zingiberensis. Six spirobisnaphthalenes were successfully separated by HSCCC with a two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-chloroform-methanol-water (1.5:3.0:2.5:2.0, v/v). About 18.0 mg of diepoxin κ (1), 245.7 mg of palmarumycin C13 (2), 42.4 mg of palmarumycin C16 (3), 42.2 mg of palmarumycin C15 (4), 32.6 mg of diepoxin δ (5), and 22.3 mg of diepoxin γ (6) with purities of 56.82, 71.39, 76.57, 75.86, 91.01 and 82.48%, respectively, as determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), were obtained from 500 mg of the crude extract in a one-step elution within 7 h of separation procedure by HSCCC. The purified spirobisnaphthalenes were further structurally characterized by means of physicochemical and spectrometric analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Liquid-Liquid Extraction / methods
  • Methanol
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry
  • Naphthalenes / isolation & purification*
  • Solvents
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spiro Compounds / chemistry
  • Spiro Compounds / isolation & purification*
  • Water

Substances

  • Naphthalenes
  • Solvents
  • Spiro Compounds
  • Water
  • Methanol