Bioactive Azaphilone Derivatives from the Fungus Talaromyces aculeatus

J Nat Prod. 2017 Aug 25;80(8):2199-2203. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00032. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Abstract

Six new azaphilone derivatives, talaraculones A-F (1-6), together with five known analogues (7-11), were obtained from the saline soil-derived fungus Talaromyces aculeatus. The absolute configurations of 1 and 6 were assigned by quantum chemical calculations of the electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Compounds 1 and 5 represent the first reported azaphilone derivatives with a C4 aliphatic side chain and a methylal group at C-3, respectively. Talaraculones A and B (1 and 2) exhibited stronger inhibitory activity against α-glucosidase than the positive control acarbose (IC50 = 101.5 μM), with IC50 values of 78.6 and 22.9 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acarbose / chemistry*
  • Benzopyrans / chemistry
  • Benzopyrans / isolation & purification*
  • Benzopyrans / pharmacology*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pigments, Biological / chemistry
  • Pigments, Biological / isolation & purification*
  • Pigments, Biological / pharmacology*
  • Talaromyces / chemistry*
  • alpha-Glucosidases / chemistry*
  • alpha-Glucosidases / metabolism

Substances

  • Benzopyrans
  • Pigments, Biological
  • azaphilone
  • talaraculone A
  • talaraculone B
  • alpha-Glucosidases
  • Acarbose