New Polyketides from the Marine-Derived Fungus <i>Letendraea</i> Sp. 5XNZ4-2

Abstract

Marine-derived fungi have been reported to have great potential to produce structurally unique metabolites. Our investigation on secondary metabolites from marine-derived fungi resulted in the isolation of seven new polyketides (phomopsiketones D−G (1−4) and letendronols A−C (5−7)) as well as one known xylarinol (8) in the cultural broth of Letendraea sp. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated using a set of spectroscopic and chemical methods, including HRESIMS, NMR, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, ECD calculation, and a modified version of Mosher’s method. Compound 2 showed weak inhibition against nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccaride-activated macrophages with an IC50 value of 86 μM.

Keywords

• marine-derived fungus
• letendraea sp.
• polyketide
• phomopsiketone
• letendronol