Mycousfurans A and B, antibacterial usnic acid congeners from the fungus Mycosphaerella sp., isolated from a marine sediment

Jihye Lee, Jusung Lee, Geum Jin Kim, Inho Yang, Weihong Wang, Joo Won Nam, Hyukjae Choi, Sang Jip Nam, Heonjoong Kang

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Abstract

Mycousfurans (1 and 2), two new usnic acid congeners, along with (−)-mycousnine (3), (−)-placodiolic acid (4), and (+)-usnic acid (5), were isolated using high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV)-guided fractionation of extracts of Mycosphaerella sp. isolated from a marine sediment. The planar structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR spectra. The relative configurations of the stereogenic carbons of 1 and 2 were established via analysis of their nuclear Overhauser spectroscopy (NOESY) spectra, and their absolute configurations were determined using a comparison of experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 were found to have antibacterial activity, showing moderate activity against Kocuria rhizophila and Staphylococcus aureus.

Original languageEnglish
Article number422
JournalMarine Drugs
Volume17
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jul 2019

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Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) of the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, grant number NRF-2017R1D1A1B03028172 (to S.-J.N.) and NRF-2019R1A2C2005492 (to H.K.).

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Keywords

  • Antibacterial activity
  • Mycosphaerella sp
  • Mycousfurans
  • Mycousnine
  • Placodiolic acid
  • Usnic acid

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