title: Spirobisnaphthalenes from fungi and their biological activities.
abstract: Spirobisnaphthalenes have a unique structural feature involving two or three oxygen atoms acting as bridges connecting two original naphthalene subunits. Most of these metabolites isolated from fungi exhibit significant antifungal, antibacterial and cytotoxic properties to show great potential applications in medicine and agriculture. This review focuses on their structural characters and biological activities, as well as their structure-activity relationship, mechanism of action, synthesis and biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. pengyl@cau.edu.cn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry*; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D009281:Naphthalenes; D013141:Spiro Compounds