Molecules (Jan 2019)

Thiodiketopiperazines Produced by Penicillium crustosum and Their Activities to Promote Gastrointestinal Motility

  • Xin He,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Ling Qiu,
  • Dan Feng,
  • Feng Ju,
  • Lu Tan,
  • Yu-Zhi Li,
  • Yu-Cheng Gu,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Da-Le Guo,
  • Yun Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020299
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
p. 299

Abstract

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Three new thiodiketopiperazines (1–3), along with two known analogues (4 and 5), were isolated from the fermentation broth of Penicillium crustosum. Their structures were elucidated through extensive spectroscopic analysis and the absolute configurations of new compounds were determined by Mosher ester analysis and calculated ECD spectra. Compound 4 and 5 have the activity to promote the gastrointestinal motility of zebrafish via acting on the cholinergic nervous system.

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