Isocladosporin, a biologically active isomer of cladosporin from Cladosporium cladosporioides

J Nat Prod. 1993 Aug;56(8):1397-401. doi: 10.1021/np50098a023.

Abstract

Extraction of the fungus Cladosporium cladosporioides yielded the known isocoumarin, cladosporin [1], and a new compound. This metabolite, which inhibited the growth of etiolated wheat coleoptiles slightly more than did cladosporin, was characterized as a diastereoisomer of cladosporin at C-14 and was named isocladosporin [2].

MeSH terms

  • Cladosporium / chemistry*
  • Cladosporium / metabolism
  • Coumarins / chemistry*
  • Coumarins / isolation & purification
  • Coumarins / pharmacology
  • Isocoumarins
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Mycotoxins / chemistry*
  • Mycotoxins / pharmacology*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triticum / drug effects
  • Triticum / growth & development*

Substances

  • Coumarins
  • Isocoumarins
  • Mycotoxins
  • cladosporin