Mycoleptones A-C and polyketides from the endophyte Mycoleptodiscus indicus

J Nat Prod. 2014 Jan 24;77(1):70-8. doi: 10.1021/np4006822. Epub 2014 Jan 3.

Abstract

Three new azaphilones with an unusual methylene bridge, named mycoleptones A, B, and C (2, 4, and 5), were isolated from cultures of Mycoleptodiscus indicus, a fungus associated with the South American medicinal plant Borreria verticillata. Additionally, four known polyketides, austdiol (1), eugenitin (3), 6-methoxyeugenin (6), and 9-hydroxyeugenin (7), were also isolated. The structural characterization of compounds was carried out by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectrometry, electronic circular dichroism spectroscopy, time-dependent density functional theory calculations, and X-ray crystallography. Compounds 1-9 were weakly active when tested in antileishmanial and cytotoxicity assays.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzofurans / chemistry
  • Benzofurans / isolation & purification*
  • Benzofurans / pharmacology
  • Brazil
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Endophytes / chemistry*
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Leishmania / drug effects
  • Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification*
  • Polyketides / pharmacology
  • Rubiaceae / microbiology

Substances

  • Benzofurans
  • Polyketides
  • mycoleptone A
  • mycoleptone B
  • mycoleptone C