Antimicrobial cuparene-type sesquiterpenes, enokipodins C and D, from a mycelial culture of Flammulina velutipes

J Nat Prod. 2001 Jul;64(7):932-4. doi: 10.1021/np000593r.

Abstract

Two new cuparene-type sesquiterpenes, enokipodins C (1) and D (2), were isolated from culture medium of an edible mushroom, Flammulina velutipes, along with enokipodins A (3) and B (4). The structures of 1 and 2 were determined using spectroscopic methods (HRMS, (1)H and (13)C, and 2D NMR). The absolute configuration of enokipodin C was determined from the observed (1)H NMR chemical shifts and NOEs in NOESY experiments after conversion into the corresponding esters with the chiral reagent 2-(2'-methoxy-1'-naphthyl)-3,4-dichlorobenzoic acid. All the metabolites showed antimicrobial activity against a fungus, Cladosporium herbarum, and Gram-positive bacteria, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Basidiomycota / chemistry*
  • Chlorobenzoates / chemistry
  • Cladosporium / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Japan
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens / drug effects
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • 2-(2'-methoxy-1'-naphthyl)-3,4-dichlorobenzoic acid
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Chlorobenzoates
  • Sesquiterpenes