A derivative of trihydroxynaphthalenone and a pyrone metabolite from the endophytic fungus Talaromyces purpurpgenus .

Yang LiuKe-Liang ChenJing-Yi ZhaoChen-Yu YangXing-Bao JiaYu-Wei NiuYa-Nan TianYang YangYun-Bao Liu
Published in: Journal of Asian natural products research (2024)
A newly discovered trihydroxynaphthalenone derivative, epoxynaphthalenone ( 1 ) involving the condensation of ortho-hydroxyl groups into an epoxy structure, and a novel pyrone metabolite characterized as pyroneaceacid ( 2 ), were extracted from Talaromyces purpurpgenus , an endophytic fungus residing in Rhododendron molle . The structures of these compounds were elucidated through a comprehensive analysis of their NMR and HRESIMS data. The determination of absolute configurations was accomplished using electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations and CD spectra. Notably, these recently identified metabolites exhibited a moderate inhibitory activity against xanthine oxidase (XOD).