Asperpyrone D and other metabolites of the plant-associated fungal strain Aspergillus tubingensis

Bioactivity-guided fractionation of a cytotoxic extract of Aspergillus tubingensis, a fungal strain occurring in the rhizosphere of the Sonoran desert plant, Fallugia paradoxa, afforded a dimeric naphtho-gamma-pyrone asperpyrone D, nine known naphtho-gamma-pyrones, funalenone, and the cytotoxic cyclic penta-peptide, malformin A(1). (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.