Taxonomy Driven Discovery of Polyketides from Aspergillus californicus

J Nat Prod. 2021 Apr 23;84(4):979-985. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00866. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Abstract

Five new polyketides were isolated from the rare filamentous fungus Aspergillus californicus IBT 16748 including calidiol A (1); three phthalide derivatives califuranones A1, A2, and B (2-4); and a pair of enantiomers (-)-calitetralintriol A (-5) and (+)-calitetralintriol A (+5) together with four known metabolites (6-9). The structures of the new products were established by extensive spectroscopic analyses including HRMS and 1D and 2D NMR. The absolute configurations of two diastereomers 2 and 3 and the enantiomers (-5) and (+5) were assigned by comparing their experimental and calculated ECD data, whereas the absolute configuration of 4 was proposed by analogy. Compound 1 showed moderate activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification
  • Polyketides / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polyketides

Supplementary concepts

  • Aspergillus californicus