Isolation, structure and biological activity of phomafungin, a cyclic lipodepsipeptide from a widespread tropical Phoma sp.
Isolation, structure and biological activity of phomafungin, a cyclic lipodepsipeptide from a widespread tropical Phoma sp.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bmc.2008.12.009
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发表时间:
2009-02-01
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3.5
通讯作者:
Singh, Sheo B.
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作者:
Herath, Kithsiri;Harris, Guy;Singh, Sheo B.
We isolated a cyclic lipodepsipeptide, phomafungin, from a Phoma sp. The distinct antifungal activity of phomafungin in the crude extract was initially discovered by mechanistic pro. ling in the Candida albicans. fitness test. The purified compound contains a 28 member ring consisting of eight amino acids and a beta-hydroxy-gamma-methyl-hexadecanoic acid, and displays a broad spectrum of antifungal activity against Candida spp., Aspergillus fumigatus and Trichophyton mentagrophytes with MIC of 2-8 mu g/ml, and toxicity to mice at 25 mg/kg. The linear peptide derived from opening of the lactone ring was devoid of antifungal activity as well as toxicity. Phomafungin has been identified in a number of Phoma spp. collected from Africa and the Indian and Pacific Ocean islands. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.