Microketides A and B, Polyketides from a Gorgonian-Derived Microsphaeropsis sp. Fungus

J Nat Prod. 2020 Apr 24;83(4):1300-1304. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00144. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Abstract

Microketides A and B (1 and 2), a pair of new C-11 epimeric polyketides, were obtained from the gorgonian-derived fungus Microsphaeropsis sp. RA10-14 collected from the South China Sea. The absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were assigned by the modified Mosher's method, TDDFT-ECD, and NMR calculations. Compounds 1 and 2 were evaluated for antibacterial, antifungal, and growth inhibition of marine phytoplankton activities. Microketide A (1) exhibited promising inhibitory activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Nocardia brasiliensis, Kocuria rhizophila, and Bacillus anthraci with the same MIC value as ciprofloxacin (0.19 μg/mL).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ascomycota / drug effects*
  • China
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Micrococcaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nocardia / chemistry*
  • Penicillium / chemistry*
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Polyketides / isolation & purification
  • Polyketides / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Polyketides

Supplementary concepts

  • Kocuria rhizophila
  • Nocardia brasiliensis