Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 171-177.doi: 10.11978/2022241CSTR: 32234.14.2022241

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Phenolic acids from soft coral-associated symbiotic and epiphytic fungi Aspergillus sp. EGF7-0-1 (Ⅱ)

FAN Hao1(), HE Jiahong1, WEI Xia2, CHEN Leyi1, CHEN Xinqi1, ZHANG Cuixain1()   

  1. 1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
    2. Pharmaceutical college, Guangxi Medicinal University, Nanning 530021, China
  • Received:2022-11-09 Revised:2022-11-29 Online:2023-09-10 Published:2022-12-06
  • Supported by:
    Special fund of Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources(GDNRC[2021]048); Special fund of Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources(GDNRC[2020]039); National Natural Science Foundation of China(82273845); National Natural Science Foundation of China(81741160); Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program for College Students in Guangdong Province(S202010572122)

Abstract:

In order to discover the novel and bioactive secondary metabolites, the soft coral-associated (Sinularia sp.) symbiotic and epiphytic fungi Aspergillus sp. EGF7-0-1 was fermented by using rice medium. The metabolites were isolated by the chromatography technology and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Ten phenolic acids compounds were obtained. According to the 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (HR-ESI-MS), optical rotatory dispersion (ORD), and comparison with the literature, their structures were determined as 4-hydroxy-3-(3'-methyl-2'-butenyl) phenylacetic acid (1), asperulosin C (2), 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (3), methyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate (4), 4-hydroxy-3-prenyl-benzoic acid (5), 4-hydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl) benzaldehyde (6), p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (7), methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (8), 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (9) and 2,2'-oxybis(1,4)-ditert-butylbenzene (10). Among them, compound 1 was a new natural product. Antitumor activity studies showed that compounds 1~10 were not active against HCT116, MCF7, Huh 7, Hepa 1-6, 4T1, B16 and F10 tumor cells.

Key words: traditional marine Chinese medicine soft coral, Aspergillus sp. EGF7-0-1, phenolic acids, new natural product, identification