title: Chlorohydroaspyrones A and B, antibacterial aspyrone derivatives from the marine-derived fungus Exophiala sp.
abstract: Chlorohydroaspyrones A (1) and B (2), antibacterial aspyrone derivatives, and the previously described aspyrone (3), asperlactone (4), and penicillic acid (5) have been isolated from the broth of a marine isolate of the fungus Exophiala. The structure and absolute stereochemistry of the compounds were determined on the basis of the physicochemical data analysis and chemical reactions. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited a mild antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, and multidrug-resistant S. aureus. The MIC values of each strain are as follows: compound 1 showed 62.5 microg/mL for S. aureus and 125 microg/mL for methicillin-resistant S. aureus and multidrug-resistant S. aureus, and compound 2, 62.5 microg/mL for S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus and 125 microg/mL for multidrug-resistant S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, Korea.
authors.forename: Dahai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jung Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hong Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Byeng Wha
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Son
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005093:Exophiala / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011753:Pyrones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011753:Pyrones; C533332:chlorohydroaspyrone A; C533331:chlorohydroaspyrone B