Cytotoxic alkaloids from Fusarium incarnatum associated with the mangrove tree Aegiceras corniculatum

J Nat Prod. 2012 Apr 27;75(4):617-21. doi: 10.1021/np2008544. Epub 2012 Mar 22.

Abstract

Several unusual alkaloids, N-2-methylpropyl-2-methylbutenamide (1), 2-acetyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (2), fusarine (3), fusamine (4), and 3-(1-aminoethylidene)-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2,4(3H)-dione (5), were isolated from the culture broth of Fusarium incarnatum (HKI0504), an endophytic fungus of the mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum. Compounds 2, 4, and 5 exhibit weak antiproliferative and cytotoxic activities against HUVEC, K-562, and HeLa human cell lines, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fusarium / chemistry*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Primulaceae / microbiology*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / isolation & purification*
  • Pyrroles / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Pyrroles