Further elaboration of the stereodivergent approach to chaetominine-type alkaloids: synthesis of the reported structures of aspera chaetominines A and B and revised structure of aspera chaetominine B

• Jin-Fang Lü,
• Jiang-Feng Wu,
• Jian-Liang Ye and
• Pei-Qiang Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2072–2081, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.162

• enantiomers of chaetominine have been reported, which include: 1) pseudofischerine (2) [22], isolated from the fungus Neosartorya pseudofischeri S. W. Peterson, and from the marine-derived fungus Pseudallescheria boydii F19-1 [23]; 2) aniquinazoline D (3), isolated from marine-derived endophytic fungus

Pseudallenes A and B, new sulfur-containing ovalicin sesquiterpenoid derivatives with antimicrobial activity from the deep-sea cold seep sediment-derived fungus Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793

• Zhen Ying,
• Xiao-Ming Li,
• Sui-Qun Yang,
• Hong-Lei Li,
• Xin Li,
• Bin-Gui Wang and
• Ling-Hong Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 470–478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.42

• sulfur-containing ovalicin derivatives, along with three known analogues 3–5, were isolated and identified from the culture extract of Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793, a fungus obtained from the deep-sea cold seep sediments. Their structures were established by detailed interpretation of NMR spectroscopic

• -spectrum inhibitory activities against several plant pathogens with MIC values ranging from 2 to 16 μg/mL. Keywords: antimicrobial activity; cold seep; Pseudallescheria boydii; sesquiterpenoid; Introduction Marine cold seeps are typical of chemosynthetically driven ecosystems, characterized by methane

• antimicrobial activities [3][4]. As part of our continuing search for bioactive metabolites from deep-sea-derived fungi [3][4][5][6], the fungal strain Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793, which was obtained from sediments collected at the deep-sea cold seep area in the Northeast of the South China Sea, attracted

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

• aridifolia [118][119]. Additional insights into the dalesconol biosynthesis was gained from a characterization of minor dalesconols and biosynthetic intermediates only present in chemical extracts prepared from a large-scale fermentation. The ascomycete fungus Pseudallescheria boydii, isolated from the gut