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Mycotoxins from the fungus Botryotrichum piluliferum Oue-artorn Rajachan, Kwanjai Kanokmedhakul, Kasem Soytong, and Somdej Kanokmedhakul J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b05522 • Publication Date (Web): 30 Jan 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 5, 2017

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Mycotoxins from the Fungus Botryotrichum piluliferum

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Oue-artorn Rajachan,† Kwanjai Kanokmedhakul,†,* Kasem Soytong,‡

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and Somdej Kanokmedhakul†

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Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for

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Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002,

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Thailand

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Department of Plant Production Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King

Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand

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*Corresponding author:

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* Tel.: +66 043-009700 ext. 42174-5. Fax: +66-43-202373. E-mail: [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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Two new sterigmatocystin derivatives, oxisterigmatocystins E and F, 1 and 2, along with nine

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known compounds, oxisterigmatocystins G and H, 3 and 4, sterigmatocystin, 5, N-0532B, 6,

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O-methylsterigmatocystin,

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dimethylversicolorin A, 10, and 8-O-methylaverufin, 11 were isolated from the fungus

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Botryotrichum piluliferum.

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spectroscopic evidence. Among these, compounds 3, 4, and 9 were discovered as natural

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products for the first time. Compounds 1, 3, and 4 displayed antimalarial activity toward

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Plasmodium falciparum (IC50 7.9 - 23.9 µM). In addition, compounds 1-6 and 8-11 exhibited

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cytotoxicity against KB, MCF-7, and NCI-H187 cell lines (IC50 0.38-78.6 µM). However,

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compounds 1-9 showed cytotoxic effects against the Vero cell line (IC50 0.65-15.9 µM). This

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finding should promote awareness of the contamination of B. piluliferum in the food chain

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and agricultural soil.

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N-0532A,

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6-O-methylversicolorin

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The structures of these mycotoxins were elucidated by

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Keywords: Botryotrichum piluliferum, Chaetomiaceae, sterigmatocystin, mycotoxin, cytotoxicity

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INTRODUCTION

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The fungus Botryotrichum piluliferum belongs to the family Chaetomiaceae.1

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grown on potato dextrose agar are white when young and turned to pale brown when mature,

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at 30 oC in 7 d, with septate mycelia, branches and setae. Conidia are chain-like on hyaline

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conidiophores, globose, 12.50 – 15.50 µm diameter, with irregularly thick walls 3.0-3.5µm.

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Teleomorphs were not found in this isolate. It was morphologically identified according to

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Domsch et al.,1 and Downing.2 The fungus B. piluliferum has been reported as one of the

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seed borne fungi of chili pepper.3

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Botryotrichum has reported it to contain asterriquinone CT2 from Botryotrichum spp.4 and

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botryolides A - E,5 decarestrictine D,5 and sterigmatocystin5 from Botryotrichum sp.

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(NRRL38180).5 However, no reports on the chemical constituents and bioactivity of B.

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piluliferum have been found.

Colonies

Previous chemical investigation on the genus

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Many fungi such as Aspergillus species,6 Aschersonia coffeae Henn. BCC 28712,7

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Penicillium chrysogenum,8 including Botryotrichum sp. (NRRL 38180)5 have been reported

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to produce mycotoxins. Mycotoxins have been reported as mutagenic and having

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carcinogenic effects in animals and humans.9,10 In our continuing investigation on bioactive

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metabolites from fungi isolated from Thai soil, crude n-hexane and EtOAc extracts of B.

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piluliferum displayed cytotoxicity against the KB cell line with 85.5% and 59.7% inhibition,

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respectively, at a concentration of 50 µg/mL.

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cytotoxicity toward the MCF-7 cell line with 57.5% inhibition.

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structural elucidation, and bioactivities of eleven mycotoxins from B. piluliferum are

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presented.

Moreover, the EtOAc extract presented

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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General Experimental Procedures

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Optical rotations were measured on a DIP-1000 digital polarimeter (JASCO, Easton, MD).

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IR spectra were obtained using a Bruker Tenser 27 spectrophotometer (Bruker, Ettlingen,

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Germany). UV spectra were recorded on an Agilent 8453 UV–visible spectrophotometer

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(Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA). NMR spectra were acquired on a Varian Mercury

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Plus 400 spectrometer (Varian, Polo Alto, CA).

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Micromass Q-TOF 2 hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer

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(Micromass, Manchester, UK). Silica gel 60 (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) 230–400 mesh

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was used for CC. TLC was performed on precoated silica gel 60 PF254 (Merck, Darmstadt,

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Germany).

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Fungal Material

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The fungus strain (no. Bp01) was isolated from forest soil collected from Three Pagoda Pass,

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Sangkhla Buri, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand in 2010. It was identified as the

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Botryotrichum piluliferum by K. Soytong, one of the coauthors. The fungus was cultured at

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25-28 °C for 9 weeks using the method described in our previous report.13 The biomass was

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collected by filtering, air-dried and ground into a powder.

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Extraction and Isolation

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The biomass powder of B. piluliferum (240 g) was extracted successively with n-hexane (1L

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x 3), EtOAc (1L x 3), and MeOH (1L x 3) by stirring at room temperature. The n-hexane

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extract (5.7 g) was separated by silica gel flash column chromatography (FCC) (45 x 5 cm),

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eluting with a mixture of n-hexane-EtOAc (95:5, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80,

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0:100 v/v, 300 mL each) and EtOAc-MeOH (90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 50:50, 30:70, 0:100 v/v,

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300 mL each), to give 36 fractions.

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fractions, FH1-FH5. Recrystallization of fraction FH1 (76 mg) from CH2Cl2 yielded 9 (30

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mg). Fraction FH2 (196 mg) was purified using preparative TLC, eluted with 101 mL of n-

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hexane-CH2Cl2-MeOH (40:60:1, developed 6 times) to give 5 (44 mg, Rf = 0.47) and 6 (13

HRESI-TOFMS were recorded on a

Analysis of TLC characteristics gave five pooled

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mg, Rf = 0.56). Fraction FH3 (681 mg) was further subjected to a silica gel FCC (45 x 3 cm)

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eluting with 1.8 L of an isocratic system of n-hexane-CH2Cl2 (40:60) to give 10 (3 mg) and 8

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(41 mg). Fraction FH4 (154 mg) was subjected to Sephadex LH-20 (45 x 2 cm), eluting with

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400 mL of MeOH to yield 11 (17 mg). Compound 7 (9 mg, Rf = 0.42) was obtained from

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FH5 (102 mg) using preparative TLC with hexane-CH2Cl2-MeOH (5:95:2, developed 3

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times). The EtOAc extract (9.3 g) was chromatographed on silica gel FCC (45 x 6 cm),

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eluting with a mixture of n-hexane-acetone (100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80,

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0:100 v/v, 500 mL each) followed by acetone-MeOH (90:10, 80:20, 70, 60:40, 50:50, 30:70,

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0:100 v/v, 300 mL each) to give 41 collected fractions.

On the basis of their TLC

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characteristics, these gave six pooled fractions, FE1-FE6.

Fraction FE4 (325 mg) was

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chromatographed over silica gel FCC (45 x 3 cm), eluting with 1.5 L of n-hexane-CH2Cl2

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(20:80) and pooled to two subfractions, FE4.1 (62 mg) and FE4.2 (115 mg). Fraction FE4.1 was

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purified using preparative TLC, eluted with 100 mL of CH2Cl2-MeOH (98:2, developed 3

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times) to afford 1 (7 mg, Rf = 0.49). Fraction FE5 (1.25 g) was placed on silica gel FCC (45x

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4 cm), eluted with 2.4 L of an isocratic system of CH2Cl2-EtOAc (97:3) and pooled to two

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subfractions, FE5.1 (102 mg) and FE5.2 (720 mg).

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preparative TLC, eluted with 101 mL of CH2Cl2-EtOAc-MeOH (70:30:1, developed 6 times)

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to yield 3 (15 mg, Rf = 0.64) and 4 (11 mg, Rf = 0.57). The MeOH extract (16.1 g) was

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applied to silica gel FCC (45 x 6 cm), eluted with a mixture of n-hexane-EtOAc (100:0,

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90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 40:60, 20:80, 0:100 v/v, 300 mL each), and EtOAc-MeOH,

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(90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 30:70, 0:100 v/v, 300 mL each), to give 32 collected

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fractions. On the basis of their TLC characteristics, these gave four pooled fractions, FM1-

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FM4.

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isocratic system of CH2Cl2-EtOAc (70:30, 1 L) to give 11 (6 mg). Purification of FM3 (150

Subfraction FE5.1 was purified using

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mg) by preparative TLC, using 101 mL of CH2Cl2-EtOAc-MeOH (75:25:1, developed 4

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times), gave 1 (4 mg, Rf = 0.77) and 2 (3 mg, Rf = 0.72).

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Oxisterigmatocystin E, 1: pale yellow solid; mp 223-224 oC; [α]25D -121.7 (c 0.1,

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CHCl3); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 224 (3.59), 245 (3.67), 307 (3.19) nm; IR (film, CH2Cl2)

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νmax 2932, 2852, 1749, 1664, 1639, 1593, 1418, 1228, 1084 cm-1; 1H and

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(CDCl3, 400 MHz and 100 MHz) (Table 1); HR-ESI-TOFMS m/z 433.0677 [M+H]+ (calcd

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for C21H17ClO8+H, 433.0690); m/z

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435.0661).

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C NMR data

435.0666 [M+2+H]+ (calcd for C21H17ClO8+2+H,

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Oxisterigmatocystin F, 2: pale yellow solid; mp 184-185 oC; [α]25D -196.5 (c 0.1,

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CHCl3); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 220 (3.50), 243 (3.69), 309 (3.10) nm; IR (film, CH2Cl2)

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νmax 2928, 2853, 1752, 1659, 1634, 1591, 1452, 1222, 1080 cm-1; 1H and

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(CDCl3, 400 MHz and 100 MHz) (Table 1); HR-ESI-TOFMS m/z 433.0689 [M+H]+ (calcd

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for C21H17ClO8+H, 433.0690); m/z 435.0674 [M+2+H]+ (calcd for C21H17ClO8+2+H,

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435.0661).

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C NMR data

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Oxisterigmatocystin G, 3: pale yellow solid; mp 202-203 oC; [α]25D -99.5 (c 0.1,

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CHCl3); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 207 (3.43), 238 (3.53), 307 (3.13) nm; IR (film, CH2Cl2)

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νmax 2929, 2863, 1752, 1659, 1635, 1591, 1462, 1223, 1081 cm-1; 1H and

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(CDCl3, 400 MHz and 100 MHz) (Table 1); HR-ESI-TOFMS m/z 399.1099 [M+H]+ (calcd

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for C21H18O8+H, 399.1080).

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C NMR data

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Oxisterigmatocystin H, 4: pale yellow solid; mp 180-182 oC; [α]25D -198.2 (c 0.1,

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CHCl3); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 205 (3.70), 237 (3.72), 309 (3.42) nm; IR (film, CH2Cl2)

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νmax 2848, 1752, 1659, 1641, 1600, 1471, 1267, 1100 cm-1; 1H and

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400 MHz and 100 MHz) (Table 1); HR-ESI-TOFMS m/z 399.1097 [M+H]+ (calcd for

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C21H18O8+H, 399.1080).

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6-O-methylversicolorin A, 9: yellow needles; mp 233-235 oC; [α]25D -312.8 (c 0.1,

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CHCl3); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 229 (3.34), 288 (3.54), 445 (3.06) nm; IR (film, CH2Cl2)

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νmax 2927, 2852, 1629, 1613, 1579, 1383, 1305, 1212, 1155 cm-1; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400

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MHz) δ 3.92 (3H, s, OMe-6), 4.72 (1H, dt, J = 7.2, 2.4 Hz, H-2′), 5.44 (1H, t, J = 2.4 Hz, H-

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3′), 6.50 (1H, t, J = 2.4 Hz, H-4′), 6.65 (1H, d, J = 2.4 Hz, H-7), 6.81 (1H, d, J = 7.2 Hz, H-

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1′), 7.32 (1H, d, J = 2.4 Hz, H-5), 7.33 (1H, s, H-4), 12.26 (1H, s, OH-8), and 12.38 (1H, s,

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OH-1); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ 48.3 (C-2′), 56.2 (OMe-6), 101.9 (C-3′), 103.6 (C-4),

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107.0 (C-7), 108.6 (C-5), 110.0 (C-8a), 112.0 (C-9a), 113.1 (C-1′), 120.7 (C-2), 135.1 (C-4a),

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136.0 (C-10a), 145.7 (C-4′), 159.6 (C-1), 164.8 (C-3), 165.2 (C-8), 166.5 (C-6), 181.5 (C-10),

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and 190.3 (C-9); HR-ESI-TOFMS m/z 375.0481 [M+Na]+ (calcd for C19H12O7+Na,

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375.0481).

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Antimalarial assay

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The Antimalarial assay was carried out using a method described by Trager and Jensen,11 and

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Desjardins et al.12 as described in our previous report.13

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Cytotoxicity assays

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Cytotoxicity assays against three cancer cell lines, KB, MCF-7, and NCI-H187 were carried

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out by O’Brien’s method.14 The cytotoxicity assays against Vero cell used the method

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described by Hunt and co-workers15, as in our previous reported.13

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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The chromatographic separation of biomass powder of B. piluliferum gave two new

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sterigmatocystin derivatives, 1 and 2, and nine known compounds, 3-11 (Figure 1). Their

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structures were identified by spectroscopic data and by comparing the data obtained to those

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of related known compounds published in the literature. They were oxisterigmatocystins E

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and F, 1 and 2, oxisterigmatocystins G and H, 3 and 4, sterigmatocystin, 5,16 N-0532B, 6,17

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O-methylsterigmatocystin, 7,18 N-0532A, 8,17 6-O-methylversicolorin A, 9, 6,8-O-

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dimethylversicolorin A, 10,19 and 8-O-methylaverufin, 11.7 Compounds 3, 4, and 9 were

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isolated from the natural source for the first time.

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Compounds 1 and 2 had the molecular formula C21H17ClO8, derived from 13C NMR

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and HR-ESI-TOFMS, signifying 13 indices of hydrogen deficiency. The IR spectra of

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compounds 1 and 2 showed absorption bands for ester (1749/1752 cm-1), aromatic ketone

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(1664/1659 cm-1), and aromatic (1418/1452 cm-1) groups. The 13C NMR and DEPT spectra

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of these two compounds indicated 21 carbon signals attributable to three methyl (two

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methoxy and an acetoxy groups), a methylene, three sp2 methine, three sp3 methine and

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eleven sp2 quaternary (including two carbonyl) carbons. The 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic

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data of 1 (Table 1) agreed with those of isolated N-0532A, 8, 17 except that the double bond at

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C-3′ was saturated by a proton at C-3ʹ [δH/C 2.55 (m, H2-3′)/37.1] and an acetoxy group at C-

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4ʹ [δH/C 2.11(s)/21.2, δC 169.8]. The three resonances of aromatic protons appeared at δ 6.38

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(s, H-2), 7.08 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, H-5) and 7.58 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, H-6). Correlations of H-1′/H-

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2′/H2-3′/H-4′ in the COSY spectrum confirmed the lack of a double bond at C-3′ of the

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bishydrofuran unit. The HMBC also indicated the connectivity of an acetoxy group through

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C-4′ by showing correlations of H3-6′ to C-5′ and C-4ʹ, and H-4′ to C-5′ (Figure 2).

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The 1H and

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C NMR spectroscopic data of 2 (Table 1) were similar to those of 1,

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except that the resonance of methyl protons of the acetoxy group at C-4′ of 2 (δ 1.69)

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appeared at a higher field than that of 1 (δ 2.11). The coupling constants between H-1′ and

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H-2′ (J = 6.0 Hz) and the NOESY correlations of the two protons of 1 and 2 revealed a cis

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ring fusion, the same as in the sterigmatocystin, 5,18,20,21 which allowed assignment of the

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absolute configurations at both C-1′ and C-2′ as S. The assignment of configurations at C-4′

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of 1 and 2 as R and S were determined by comparing the 1H NMR resonances of an acetoxy

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group to those reported for related analogues, dothistromin pentaacetate22 and

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oxisterigmatocystin D.23 The methyl protons of the 4′-acetoxy group of 2 appeared at a

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higher field (δH 1.69) than in 1 (δH 2.11), agreeing with that reported for endo dothistromin

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pentaacetate (δH 1.67)22 which was due to the strong shielding effect of xanthone (Figure 3).

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On the other hand, the 4′-acetoxy group of 1 showed a resonance at δH 2.11, suggesting the

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exo arrangement (Figure 3), which corresponds to that of oxisterigmatocystin D (δH 2.07).23

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Furthermore, the optical rotation value of 1 was different from 2, suggesting the different

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configurations at C-4′ of the two compounds. Based on the above evidence, the structure of

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1, oxisterigmatocystin F, was determined as a new sterigmatocystin derivative. Compound 2,

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oxisterigmatocystin F was identified as the C-4′ epimer of 1 (Figure1). Compounds 3 and 4 possessed a molecular formula, C21H18O8, from

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C NMR and

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HR-ESI-TOFMS, indicating 13 degrees of hydrogen deficiency. IR spectra of both 3 and 4

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showed bands for ester (1752/1752 cm-1), aromatic ketone (1659/1659 cm-1), and aromatic

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(1462/1471 cm-1) groups. Their

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attributable to three methyls (two methoxy groups and an acetoxy group), a methylene, four

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sp2 methine, three sp3 methine and ten sp2 quaternary (including two carbonyl) carbons. The

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H NMR,

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C NMR and DEPT spectra displayed 21 carbon signals

C NMR and DEPT spectroscopic data of 3 (Table 1) were similar to those of 1,

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except for the presence of an additional sp2 methine proton at C-7 [δH 6.75 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, H-

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7)]. This information, together with the absence of Cl isotope in the MS data, established that

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the chlorine atom was displaced by an sp2 methine proton. The COSY spectrum showed

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correlations of H-5/H-6/H-7, indicating trisubstitution of the aromatic ring. The HMBC

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spectrum of 3 clearly demonstrated correlations of H-7 to C-8a and C-5, H-6 to C-8 and C-

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10a, and H-5 to C-7, C-8a and C-10a, confirming the structure of 3. Since the resonances of

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acetoxyl groups of 3 (δH 2.10) and 4 (δH 1.67) appeared at low and high fields in the same

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manner of those of 1 and 2, the configurations at C-4′ of 3 and 4 were assigned as R and S,

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respectively. Moreover, the optical rotation values of 3 and 4 were comparable to those of 1

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and 2, respectively. However, compounds 3 and 4 have been previously reported as synthetic

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mixture products during the preparation of O-methylsterigmatocystin (7).24 This is the first

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isolation of compounds 3 and 4 from a natural source and they have been named

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oxisterigmatocystin G, 3, and oxisterigmatocystin H, 4. Their spectroscopic data was also

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reported.

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Compound 9 had the molecular formula C19H12O7, deduced from 13C NMR and HR-

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ESI-TOFMS, requiring 14 degrees of hydrogen deficiency. The IR spectrum displayed

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absorption bands for aromatic ketones (1629 and 1613 cm-1) and aromatic (1579 cm-1)

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groups. The 13C NMR and DEPT spectra displayed 19 carbon signals for a methoxy, five sp2

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methine, two sp3 methine and eleven sp2 quaternary (including two carbonyl) carbons.

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Careful examination of 1D and 2D NMR data indicated that the structure of 9 was similar to

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that of 6,8-O-dimethylversicolorin A, which has been previously reported as a methylation

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product of versicolorin A.25 The HMBC spectrum revealed correlations of hydroxyl proton at

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C-8 to C-7, C-8 and C-8a confirming the position of the hydroxyl group at C-8. Besides, the

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correlations of H-4 to C-2, C-3, C-10, and C-9a, H-5 to C-7, C-8a, and C-10, H-7 to C-5, C-6,

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C-8, and C-8a, H-1′ to C-3, C-2′, C-3′, and C-4′, H-3′ to C-1′ and C-2′, H-4′ to C-2′, methoxyl

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protons at C-6 to C-6, and hydroxyl proton (OH-1) to C-1, C-2 and C-9a indicated the

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structure of 9. The absolute configuration of 9 was assigned to be the same as that of 6,8-O-

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dimethylversicolorin A, 10, by comparing their optical rotations, -320 (c 0.12, dioxane) for

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1019 and -312.8 (c 0.1, CHCl3) for 9. Thus, this is the first report of 6-O-methylversicolorin

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A, 9, isolated from a natural source.

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Compounds 1, 3 and 4 showed antimalarial activity against P. falciparum with IC50

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values of 7.9, 14.7 and 23.9 µM, respectively. Compounds 1-4 exhibited cytotoxicity against

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three cancer cell lines (KB, MCF-7 and NCI-H187) with IC50 values ranging from 3.5 to 78.6

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µM. Compound 3 showed significant cytotoxicity against KB cells with IC50 value of 3.5

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µM, which is lower than the control drug, ellipticine. Furthermore, 3 was cytotoxic against

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the MCF-7 cell line with IC50 value of 6.9 µM, which is lower than the control drug,

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doxorubicin. However, 3 was highly cytotoxic toward the normal cell line (Vero cell) with

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IC50 value of 1.6 µM, which is lower than the control drug, ellipticine 2.5 µM. Among

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compounds 1-4, the influence of an exo- versus an endo- arrangement was noticed. The exo-

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arrangements in 1 and 3 showed both higher antimalarial activity and cytotoxicity against

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cancer cells than their endo- analogues, 2 and 4. It should be noted that the missing double

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bond at C-3ʹ and the presence of an acetoxy group at C-4ʹ of sterigmatocystin derivatives 1-4

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would play an important role for cytotoxicity enhancement when comparing to derivatives 5-

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8. Moreover, the double bond at C-3ʹ and C-4ʹ of sterigmatocystin derivatives 5-8 exhibited

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no cytotoxicity (>100 µM) toward KB and MCF-7, which corresponds to the results for

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related structures in a previous report.7 In addition, compounds 9 and 10 showed strong

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cytotoxicity against the NCI-H187 cell line with IC50 values of 2.1 and 0.38 µM,

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respectively, which were lower than the control drug, ellipticine. By comparison between

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compounds 9 and 10, the presence of a methoxy group at C-8 led to a decrease in cytotoxicity

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toward normal cells. Interestingly, compound 10 was not cytotoxic against Vero cells and

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should be further studied in detail. However, most of the isolated compounds showed

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cytotoxicity against Vero cells with IC50 values in the range from 0.65 to 12.3 µM (Table2).

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Sterigmatocystin, 5, has been reported to contaminate food stuffs such as wheat, rice,

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coffee beans, corn and red pepper.

Furthermore, it has been discovered in cheese

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contaminated with Aspergillus versicolor.9 Based on our results, most isolated compounds

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from B. piluliferum are mycotoxins with structures metabolically related to the aflatoxin

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carcinogen.

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piluliferum. As mentioned above, the fungus B. piluliferum was found in the seeds of chili

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pepper,3 and so the contamination of B. piluliferum in the food chain and agricultural soil

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should be monitored.

These mycotoxins could be responsible for the toxicity of the fungus B.

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This work was supported by the Thailand Research Fund via the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D.

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program (0353/2551), and the Thailand Research Fund and Khon Kaen University (grant

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number RTA5980002). We thank the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry

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(PERCH-CIC) for partial support and BIOTEC via the Bioresources Research Network

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(BRN), Thailand for bioactivity tests.

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FIGURE CAPTIONS Figure 1. Structures of the isolated compounds 1-11 Figure 2. Selected HMBC correlations of compound 1 Figure 3. Structures of 1 (exo- form) and 2 (endo- form), energy minimized using MM2

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Table 1. 1H and 13C NMR Spectroscopic Data for Compounds 1-4 Position

1 δH

1 2 3 4 4a 5 6 7 8 8a 9 9a 10a 1' 2'

6.38 s

7.08 d (9.0)a 7.58 d (9.0)

3' 4' 5' 6' 1-OMe 8-OMe a

6.51 d (6.0) 4.30 ddd (9.6, 7.2, 6.0) 2.55 m 6.39 dd (9.6, 4.0) 2.11 s 3.96 s 4.03 s

2

δC 163.7 90.9 163.7 105.9 153.6 113.7 134.2 124.7 156.2 119.1 173.9 108.4 154.7 112.6 42.6 37.1 98.6 169.8 21.2 56.9 62.0

δH

3

δC

6.38 s

7.14 d (9.0) 7.61 d (9.0)

6.55 d (6.0) 4.26 ddd (7.2, 6.0, 2.4) 2.54 dd (7.2, 4.0) 6.46 brd (4.0) 1.69 s 3.97 s 4.05 s

163.6 90.4 163.9 106.2 153.3 113.8 134.3 124.8 156.3 119.2 174.2 108.2 154.8 113.8 42.7 37.0 98.7 169.8 21.1 56.9 62.0

δH 6.33 s

6.89 d (8.4) 7.48 t (8.4) 6.75 d (8.4)

6.48 d (6.0) 4.28 ddd (10.4, 6.0, 4.0) 2.54 td (8.4, 4.0) 6.38 t (4.0) 2.10 s 3.91 s 3.95 s

Values in parentheses are coupling constants in Hz.

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δC 163.4 90.6 163.1 105.6 153.5 109.0 133.7 106.4 160.7 113.9 175.2 109.1 156.7 112.4 42.7 37.1 98.6 169.8 21.2 56.7 56.5

δH 6.33 s

6.93 d (8.4) 7.49 t (8.4) 6.77 d (8.4)

6.51d (6.0) 4.25 dd (10.4, 6.0) 2.54 dd (6.0, 2.4) 6.43 brd (2.4) 1.67 s 3.91 s 3.95 s

δC 163.3 90.2 163.3 106.0 153.2 109.1 133.7 106.5 160.8 114.0 175.3 108.9 156.8 113.6 42.7 37.0 98.7 169.8 21.1 56.5 56.7

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Table 2. Biological Activity of Compounds 1-11 Compound 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dihydroartemisinin Doxorubicin Ellipticine

Antimalarial IC50 (µM) 7.9 >100 14.7 23.9 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 0.004

KBa 7.7 25.5 3.5 25.1 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 0.83 4.9

a

Human epidermoid carcinoma in the mouth

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Human breast adenocarcinoma

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Cytotoxicity IC50 (µM) MCF-7b NCI-H187c Vero celld 78.6 10.9 9.7 38.7 25.7 4.3 6.9 11.6 1.6 33.6 22.8 6.0 >100 70.3 0.82 >100 62.2 0.65 >100 >100 12.3 >100 35.3 2.3 36.1 2.1 2.5 >100 0.38 >100 >100 44.9 >100 17.0

Human small cell lung cancer

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African green monkey kidney

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Figure 1. 6'

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Figure 2.

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Figure 3.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS GRAPHIC

Botryotrichum piluliferum

New mycotoxins

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