Sesquiterpenes from an Endophytic Aspergillus flavus

J Nat Prod. 2019 May 24;82(5):1063-1071. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b01084. Epub 2019 May 3.

Abstract

Eight new cadinene-sesquiterpenes (1-8), one eudesmane-sesquiterpene (9), and three known compounds (10-13) were isolated from an endophytic fungus, Aspergillus flavus, which was isolated from a toxic medicinal plant, Tylophora ovata. Their structures were elucidated by interpretation of spectroscopic data, and absolute configurations determined according to the specific rotation and electron circular dichroism methods. Compounds 4-8, 11, and 12 exhibited latent hepatic protection effects at 10 μM, and compound 12 selectively inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 breast cancer cells with an IC50 values of 2.6 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus flavus / chemistry*
  • Endophytes / chemistry*
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Liver / drug effects
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes