Naphthalenones from a Perenniporia sp. inhabiting the larva of a phytophagous weevil, Euops chinesis

J Nat Prod. 2012 Jul 27;75(7):1339-45. doi: 10.1021/np300263u. Epub 2012 Jun 25.

Abstract

The new naphthalenone derivatives perenniporides A-D (1-4) were isolated from solid cultures of a fungus Perenniporia sp. inhabiting the larva of Euops chinesis, a phytophagous weevil with high host specificity to the medicinal plant Fallopia japonica. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated primarily by NMR experiments, and 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The absolute configuration of 1 and 2 was assigned by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations, whereas that of the C-10 tertiary alcohol in 3 was deduced via the CD data of the in situ formed [Rh(2)(OCOCF(3))(4)] complex and supported by the ECD data. Compound 1 showed antifungal activity against five plant pathogens.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • China
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fungi
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / chemistry
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / isolation & purification*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / pharmacology*
  • Larva / microbiology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry
  • Naphthalenes / isolation & purification*
  • Naphthalenes / pharmacology*
  • Polyporaceae / chemistry*
  • Weevils*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
  • Naphthalenes