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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2023.2188210
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Endophytes; Penicillium polonicum; Zingiber officinale; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; glaucanic acid; dihydrocompactin acid
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Two compounds, glaucanic acid and dihydrocompactin acid, were isolated from the endophytic fungus Penicillium polonicum and characterized by NMR and mass spectroscopy. Both compounds exhibited antifungal, antioxidant, and cytotoxicity activities. This is the first report on the biological activities of dihydrocompactin acid produced by an endophytic fungal strain.
Fungal endophytes are valued for biosynthesizing chemically diverse metabolic cascade with interesting biological activities. In the current investigation, two compounds were isolated from Penicillium polonicum, an endophyte of Zingiber officinale. The active moieties, glaucanic acid (1) and dihydrocompactin acid (2) were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of P. polonicum and characterized by NMR and mass spectroscopy. Further, bioactive potential of the isolated compounds was evaluated by antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity assays. Compounds 1 and 2 displayed antifungal activity against phytopathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides with more than 50% reduction in its growth. Both the compounds exhibited antioxidant activity against free radicals (DPPH and ABTS) and cytotoxicity activity against cancer cell lines respectively. The compounds, glaucanic acid and dihydrocompactin acid are being reported for the first time from an endophytic fungus. This is the first report on the biological activities of Dihydrocompactin acid produced by endophytic fungal strain.
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