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Cytotoxic metabolites from the mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. GXNU QG1a.

Xianglong BoYufei ZhaoFeng QinFurong WuMeijing TanShichao JuZishuo SongWenjun LiFan HeYouquan WeiHua XuXishan Huang
Published in: Natural product research (2024)
A new benzoquinone, guxiumasperone A ( 1 ), and a new diisoprenyl-cyclohexene-type meroterpenoids, biscognienyne M ( 2 ), along with four known diisoprenyl-cyclohexene analogues was isolated from the mangrove endophytic fungus Aspergillus QG1a. Their structures were determined by extensive spectral analysis of 1D and 2D NMR, HR-ESI- MS, and X-ray crystallography. Compound 1 was deduced by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and the absolute configuration of 2 was further unequivocally elucidated by comparing the experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data with calculated ECD spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 showed significant cytotoxic activity against selected tumour cells. Particularly, compound 2 exhibited strong activity against A2780 cancer cells with an IC 50 value of 6.8  μ M.
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