Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 43-47.doi: 10.11978/2018072CSTR: 32234.14.2018072

Special Issue: 南海专题

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Study on the secondary metabolites from the South China Sea soft coral-derived fungus Eupenicillium sp. DX-SER3 (KC871024)

Yanhong TAN1,2(), Jixing LI1,2, Xiuping LIN2, Bin YANG2, Yonghong LIU2(), Yunqiu LI1()   

  1. 1. College of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
  • Received:2018-07-20 Revised:2018-09-02 Online:2019-03-20 Published:2019-04-15
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (81741158, 20062115);Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (201804010462)

Abstract:

We aim to study the secondary metabolites from the South China Sea soft coral-derived fungus Eupenicillium sp. DX-SER3 (KC871024). The rice fermentation products of the strain were purified by comprehensive chromatography methods of silica gel column, medium pressure preparative liquid chromatography (MPLC), ostade-cylsilane (ODS), and semi- preparative HPLC. The compounds’ structures were identified by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and comparison with the reported data. Five known compounds were obtained and identified as helvolic acid, β-adenosine, 2'-deoxythymidine, N-acyltryptamine, and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The high yield of the helvolic acid indicates that this strain has the potential to develop an engineered strain of this kind of compound. Helvolic acid was also tested for the activities of phytopathogenic fungus, and the result was not clear.

Key words: South China Sea, soft coral, Eupenicillium sp., secondary metabolites

CLC Number: 

  • P735.4