Analogs of the carotane antibiotic fulvoferruginin from submerged cultures of a Thai Marasmius sp.

• Birthe Sandargo,
• Leon Kaysan,
• Rémy B. Teponno,
• Christian Richter,
• Benjarong Thongbai,
• Frank Surup and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1385–1391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.97

• antibiotic fulvoferruginin (1), fulvoferruginins B–F (2–6). The structures of these sesquiterpenoids were elucidated using HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, as well as CD spectroscopy. Assessing the bioactivity, fulvoferruginin emerged as a potent cytotoxic agent of potential pharmaceutical interest. Keywords

• : antibiotics; Basidiomycota; carotane; fulvoferruginin; Marasmius; sesquiterpenoid; Introduction The family Marasmiaceae (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) presently contains ten genera with Marasmius Fr. being the predominant one (currently comprising over 600 recognized species). Most of these fungi are

• Marasmius spp. include the cryptoporic acids [4], marasmals, marasmones, and oreadones [5][6], the caryophyllane hebelophyllene C [7], and the carotane fulvoferruginin (1) [8] (Figure 1). The latter is the only known secondary metabolite from M. fulvoferrugineus Gilliam and displays a modest antibiotic and