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Research on the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of secondary metabolites from Gelidium-derived fungus Aspergillus fumigatus 9-1

HE Mingfeng(), HUANG Jiaxiang(), TIAN Yongqi()   

  1. College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
  • Received:2024-09-24 Revised:2024-11-01 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-06-04
  • Contact: TIAN Yongqi
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(42006094); Fujian Natural Science Foundation(2022J01561); Fujian Province-Indonesia Marine Food Joint Research and Development Center Open-Ended Foundation(Y1-KF2201)

Abstract:

This paper examines the structure and activity of the secondary metabolites of Aspergillus fumigatus 9-1, a symbiotic epiphytic fungus of rockweed. The secondary metabolites produced by A. fumigatus 9-1 were systematically separated and purified using a combination of thin layer chromatography, silica gel column chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, and gel column chromatography, resulting in the isolation of 16 compounds. Spectral analysis, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and comparison with literature data, led to the structural elucidation of these compounds as: prenylcyclotryprostatin A (1), verruculogen TR-2 (2), cyclotryprostatin E (3), cyclotryprostatin B (4), asperfumigatin (5), 12R, 13S-dihydroxyfumitremorgin C (6), spirocyclic diketopiperazine alkaloid (7), fumigaclavine C (8), fumigaclavine A (9), chaetominine (10), fumiquinazoline J (11), thymidine (12), pyripyropene A (13), monomethylsulochrin (14), questin (15), and helvolic acid (16). Compound 1 was first reported from Aspergillus. The antimicrobial activity showed that compound 16 had strong antibacterial activity against Listeria monocytogenes, with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 4.03 μg·mL-1. 13-15 had moderate antibacterial activity against L. monocytogenes, with MICs of 66.25, 78.63 and 64.54 μg·mL−1, respectively. The in vitro antioxidant activity results demonstrated that compound 6 exhibited robust DPPH (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl radical) radical scavenging activity, with a half inhibitory concentration of 9.82μg·mL-1. Additionally, compounds 6, 8, 9, 14 displayed notable ABTS (2, 2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate)) radical scavenging activity, with a half inhibitory concentration of 2.72, 0.43, 3.23 and 1.96 μg·mL-1, respectively.

Key words: Aspergillus fumigatus, secondary metabolites, antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity

CLC Number: 

  • Q936