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. 2015 Sep:117:116-122.
doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.06.002. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

Botryane, noreudesmane and abietane terpenoids from the ascomycete Hypoxylon rickii

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Botryane, noreudesmane and abietane terpenoids from the ascomycete Hypoxylon rickii

Eric Kuhnert et al. Phytochemistry. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

In the course of our screening for new bioactive natural products, a culture of Hypoxylon rickii, a xylariaceous ascomycete collected from the Caribbean island Martinique, was identified as extraordinary prolific producer of secondary metabolites. Ten metabolites of terpenoid origin were isolated from submerged cultures of this species by preparative HPLC. Their structures were elucidated using spectral techniques including 2D NMR and HRESIMS. Three of the compounds were elucidated as new botryanes (1-3) along with three known ones, i.e. (3aS)-3a,5,5,8-tetramethyl-3,3a,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta[de]isochromen-1-one (4), (3aS,8R)-3a,5,5,8-tetramethyl-3,3a,4,5,7,8-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[de]isochromen-1-one (5) and botryenanol (6). Further three new sesquiterpenoids featured a 14-noreudesmane-type skeleton and were named hypoxylan A-C (7-9); the diterpenoid rickitin A (10) contains an abietane-type backbone. Compounds 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10 showed cytotoxic effects against murine cells.

Keywords: Abietane; Ascomycetes; Biodiversity; Botryane; Endophytes; Eudesmane; Hypoxylon; Secondary metabolites; Structure elucidation; Terpenes; Terpenoids; Xylariaceae; Xylariales.

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