Isolation and characterization of a new benzofuran from the fungus Alternaria sp. (HS-3) associated with a sea cucumber

Xuekui Xia; Jun Qi; Fang Wei; Airong Jia; Wenpeng Yuan; Xiumei Meng; Miansong Zhang; Changheng Liu; Changyun Wang

Isolation and characterization of a new benzofuran from the fungus Alternaria sp. (HS-3) associated with a sea cucumber

Nat Prod Commun. 2011 Dec;6(12):1913-4.

Authors

Xuekui Xia¹, Jun Qi, Fang Wei, Airong Jia, Wenpeng Yuan, Xiumei Meng, Miansong Zhang, Changheng Liu, Changyun Wang

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory for Applied Microbiology of Shandong Province, Biotechnology Center of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, PR China.

PMID: 22312737

Abstract

A new compound, 4-acetyl-5-hydroxy-3, 6, 7-trimethylbenzofuran-2(3H)-one (1), together with two known compounds, 2-carboxy-3-(2-hydroxypropanyl) phenol (2) and 5-methyl- 6-hydroxy-8-methyoxy-3-methylisochroman (3) were isolated from the fungus Alternaria sp. (HS-3) associated with a sea cucumber from the Yellow Sea in China. Their structures were elucidated by spectral methods.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alternaria / metabolism*
Animals
Benzofurans / chemistry
Benzofurans / isolation & purification*
Sea Cucumbers / microbiology*

Substances

4-acetyl-5-hydroxy-3,6,7-trimethylbenzofuran-2(3H)-one
Benzofurans