Two New Alkaloids from Fusarium tricinctum SYPF 7082, an Endophyte from the Root of Panax notoginseng

Abstract

Abstract Panax notoginseng (Araliaceae) is a famous traditional Chinese medicine mainly cultivated in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of China. Two new alkaloids, rigidiusculamide E (1) and [-(α-oxyisohexanoyl-N-methyl-leucyl)2-] (2), together with two known ones, (−)-oxysporidinone (3) and (−)-4,6′-anhydrooxysporidinone (4) were isolated from the mycelia culture of Fusarium tricinctum SYPF 7082, an endophytic fungus obtained from the healthy root of P. notoginseng. Their structures were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1–4 were tested for their inhibitory effects against NO production on Murine macrophage cell line, and the new compound 2 showed significant inhibitory activity on NO production with the IC50 value of 18.10 ± 0.16 μM. Graphical Abstract

Keywords

• Fusarium tricinctum SYPF 7082
• Endophytic fungus
• Alkaloids
• Panax notoginseng
• Inhibition on NO production