Secondary Metabolites from Annulohypoxylon sp. and Structural Revision of Emericellins A and B

J Nat Prod. 2022 Apr 22;85(4):828-837. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00922. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Abstract

Seven previously undescribed compounds were isolated from the endophytic fungus Annulohypoxylon sp. KYG-19 (family Xylariaceae), including three gymnomitrane-type sesquiterpenes xylariacinols A, B, and D (1, 2, and 4), one bisabolane-type sesquiterpene annulnol F (6), one phenol derivative lariacinol G (7), and two polyhydroxy compounds hypoxylonols H and I (8 and 9), together with two known gymnomitrane-type sesquiterpenes emericellin A (3) and 3-gymnomitren-15-ol (5). The assignments of their structures was determined by extensive spectroscopic and spectrometric analysis, acetonide analysis, Mosher's method, and X-ray crystallography. In addition, the structures of emericellins A and B, which were reported to possess an unprecedented tricyclo[4, 4, 2, 1]hendecane scaffold, were revised by comparing their spectroscopic data with those of 1 and 3. Compounds 1 and 4 exhibited antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli with minimum inhibitory concentrations of 4 and 2 μg/mL, respectively.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sesquiterpenes* / chemistry
  • Xylariales* / chemistry

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes