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J Nat Prod. 2007 Nov;70(11):1746-52. | Citromycetins and bilains A-C: new aromatic polyketides and diketopiperazines from Australian marine-derived and terrestrial Penicillium spp.[Pubmed: 17958395 ] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Chemical analysis of an Australian marine-derived isolate of Penicillium bilaii, collected from the Huon estuary, Port Huon, Tasmania, yielded the known fungal aromatic polyketides citromycetin (1) and Citromycin (2) together with two dihydro analogues, (-)-2,3-dihydrocitromycetin (3) and (-)-2,3-dihydroCitromycin (4). An Australian terrestrial isolate of Penicillium striatisporum collected near Shalvey, New South Wales, also yielded citromycetin (1), Citromycin (2), and the new dihydro analogue (-)-2,3-dihydrocitromycetin (3), together with fulvic acid (5), anhydrofulvic acid (6), and a selection of new methoxylated analogues, 12-methoxycitromycetin (7), 12-methoxyCitromycin (8), (-)-12-methoxy-2,3-dihydrocitromycetin (9), and 12-methoxyanhydrofulvic acid (10). P. bilaii also yielded the rare siderophore pistillarin (11), the known diketopiperazines cyclo-(L-Phe -L-Pro) (12), cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Tyr) (13), cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Val) (14), and cis-bis(methylthio)silvatin (15), and three new diketopiperazines, bilains A-C (16-18).
CONCLUSIONS:
The structures for the Penicillium metabolites 1- 18 were assigned by a combination of detailed spectroscopic analysis, including correlation with relevant literature data, chemical derivatization, degradation, and biosynthetic considerations. The Citromycin polyketides 2 and 4 and the diketopiperazine 15 were weakly cytotoxic. |
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