Natural products from microbes associated with insects

• Christine Beemelmanns,
• Huijuan Guo,
• Maja Rischer and
• Michael Poulsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 314–327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.34

• -rolling weevil Euops chinensis (Attelabidae) undergoes a protofarming symbiosis with the polysaccharide-degrading Penicillium herquei (family Trichocomaceae), which is planted on leave roles containing eggs and larvae to protect the offspring. P. herquei was shown to produce the antibiotic polyketide

Aspergiloid I, an unprecedented spirolactone norditerpenoid from the plant-derived endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. YXf3

• Zhi Kai Guo,
• Rong Wang,
• Wei Huang,
• Xiao Nian Li,
• Rong Jiang,
• Ren Xiang Tan and
• Hui Ming Ge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2677–2682, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.282

• , antimicrobial, anti-oxidant and enzyme inhibitory activities of 1 were evaluated. Keywords: Aspergillus; endophytic fungus; Ginkgo biloba; natural product; norditerpenoid; Trichocomaceae; Introduction Plant-derived fungi, which have drawn considerable attention from natural product chemists, have been proved