ABSTRACT
A new phenolic compound serialynic acid was isolated from an agar culture of the basidiomycete Antrodia serialis, through bioactivity-guided fractionations. It showed weak growth inhibitory activity towards phytopathogenic fungi and a dose-independent anti-Pythium graminicola activity.
Subject(s)
Antifungal Agents/isolation & purification , Hydroquinones/isolation & purification , Phenylbutyrates/isolation & purification , Polyporales/metabolism , Antifungal Agents/chemistry , Antifungal Agents/pharmacology , Fermentation , Hydroquinones/chemistry , Hydroquinones/pharmacology , Phenols/chemistry , Phenols/isolation & purification , Phenols/pharmacology , Phenylbutyrates/chemistry , Phenylbutyrates/pharmacologyABSTRACT
The dried fruits of Tetradium daniellii yielded a new linear furanocoumarin, 5-(6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2,7-dienyloxy)psoralen, together with six other structurally related furanocoumarins. A similar chemical profile was recorded by HPLC analysis of a fragment of T. daniellii fruit obtained from an historic herbarium voucher specimen collected in September 1917 during an expedition to Yunnan province, China. Four of the compounds identified caused a potent feeding deterrent effect towards larvae of Spodoptera littoralis and Heliothis virescens.
