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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
10,851 Views
7 Pages

Synthesis and Neuroprotective Action of Optically Pure Neoechinulin A and Its Analogs

  • Toshiaki Aoki,
  • Kensuke Ohnishi,
  • Masaaki Kimoto,
  • Satoshi Fujieda,
  • Kouji Kuramochi,
  • Toshifumi Takeuchi,
  • Atsuo Nakazaki,
  • Nobuo Watanabe,
  • Fumio Sugawara and
  • Susumu Kobayashi
  • + 1 author

31 March 2010

We developed an efficient, stereoselective synthetic method for the diketopiperazine moiety of neoechinulin A and its derivatives. The intramolecular cyclization at 80 ºC proceeded with minimal racemization of the stereogenic center at C-12 on neoech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,281 Views
16 Pages

This study aimed to investigate the alkaloid secondary metabolites of Aspergillus amstelodami BSX001, a fungus isolated from Anhua dark tea, and to improve the extraction yield of the active ingredients by optimizing the extraction process. The struc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
8,693 Views
15 Pages

25 October 2013

In the course of a bioassay-guided study of metabolites from the marine fungus Eurotium sp. SF-5989, two diketopiperazine type indole alkaloids, neoechinulins A and B, were isolated. In this study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of neo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,412 Views
14 Pages

Neoechinulin A as a Promising SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitor: In Vitro and In Silico Study Showing the Ability of Simulations in Discerning Active from Inactive Enzyme Inhibitors

  • Hani A. Alhadrami,
  • Gaia Burgio,
  • Bathini Thissera,
  • Raha Orfali,
  • Suzan E. Jiffri,
  • Mohammed Yaseen,
  • Ahmed M. Sayed and
  • Mostafa E. Rateb

24 February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing emerging variants emphasize the need to discover appropriate treatment, where vaccines alone have failed to show complete protection against the new variants of the virus. Therefore, treatment of the infected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,115 Views
11 Pages

Biologically Active Echinulin-Related Indolediketopiperazines from the Marine Sediment-Derived Fungus Aspergillus niveoglaucus

  • Olga F. Smetanina,
  • Anton N. Yurchenko,
  • Elena V. Girich (Ivanets),
  • Phan Thi Hoai Trinh,
  • Alexander S. Antonov,
  • Sergey A. Dyshlovoy,
  • Gunhild von Amsberg,
  • Natalya Y. Kim,
  • Ekaterina A. Chingizova and
  • Shamil S. Afiyatullov
  • + 4 authors

23 December 2019

Seven known echinulin-related indolediketopiperazine alkaloids (1–7) were isolated from the Vietnamese sediment-derived fungus Aspergillus niveoglaucus. Using chiral HPLC, the enantiomers of cryptoechinuline B (1) were isolated as individual co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,757 Views
11 Pages

Antibacterial Indole Diketopiperazine Alkaloids from the Deep-Sea Cold Seep-Derived Fungus Aspergillus chevalieri

  • Li-Hong Yan,
  • Feng-Yu Du,
  • Xiao-Ming Li,
  • Sui-Qun Yang,
  • Bin-Gui Wang and
  • Xin Li

22 March 2023

A large body of fungal secondary metabolites has been discovered to exhibit potent antibacterial activities with distinctive mechanisms and has the potential to be an untapped resource for drug discovery. Here, we describe the isolation and character...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,790 Views
15 Pages

8 March 2023

Fuzhuan brick tea (FBT), a distinctive Chinese dark tea with the predominant fungus of Eurotium cristatum, offered significant health benefits to Chinese people. In the current study, the in vivo bioactivities of E. cristatum (SXHBTBU1934) fermented...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,719 Views
26 Pages

2 September 2015

Xerophilic fungal species of the genus Aspergillus are economically highly relevant due to their ability to grow on low water activity substrates causing spoilage of stored goods and animal feeds. These fungi can synthesize a variety of secondary met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,431 Views
9 Pages

A New Prenylated Indole Diketopiperazine Alkaloid from Eurotium cristatum

  • Xianwei Zou,
  • Ying Li,
  • Xiaona Zhang,
  • Qian Li,
  • Xuan Liu,
  • Yun Huang,
  • Tao Tang,
  • Saijing Zheng,
  • Weimiao Wang and
  • Jintian Tang

3 November 2014

A new prenylated indole diketopiperazine alkaloid, cristatumin F (1), and four known metabolites, echinulin (2), dehydroechinulin (3), neoechinulin A (4) and variecolorin O (5), were isolated from the crude extract of the fungus Eurotium cristatum. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,047 Views
14 Pages

Asperflavin, an Anti-Inflammatory Compound Produced by a Marine-Derived Fungus, Eurotium amstelodami

  • Xiudong Yang,
  • Min-Cheol Kang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Eun-A. Kim,
  • Sung-Myung Kang and
  • You-Jin Jeon

29 October 2017

In the present study, 16 marine-derived fungi were isolated from four types of marine materials including float, algae, animals and drift woods along with the coast of Jeju Island, Korea and evaluated for anti-inflammatory effects in lipopolysacchari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
8,943 Views
23 Pages

Marine Fungi from the Sponge Grantia compressa: Biodiversity, Chemodiversity, and Biotechnological Potential

  • Elena Bovio,
  • Laura Garzoli,
  • Anna Poli,
  • Anna Luganini,
  • Pietro Villa,
  • Rosario Musumeci,
  • Grace P. McCormack,
  • Clementina E. Cocuzza,
  • Giorgio Gribaudo and
  • Giovanna C. Varese
  • + 1 author

11 April 2019

The emergence of antibiotic resistance and viruses with high epidemic potential made unexplored marine environments an appealing target source for new metabolites. Marine fungi represent one of the most suitable sources for the discovery of new compo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,538 Views
14 Pages

Indole Diketopiperazine Alkaloids from the Marine Sediment-Derived Fungus Aspergillus chevalieri against Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

  • Dina H. El-Kashef,
  • Deborah D. Obidake,
  • Katja Schiedlauske,
  • Alina Deipenbrock,
  • Sebastian Scharf,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Daniela Naumann,
  • Daniel Friedrich,
  • Simone Miljanovic and
  • Nicole Teusch
  • + 3 authors

20 December 2023

A new prenylated indole diketopiperazine alkaloid, rubrumline P (1), was isolated along with six more analogues and characterized from the fermentation culture of a marine sediment-derived fungus, Aspergillus chevalieri, collected at a depth of 15 m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,626 Views
18 Pages

11 July 2022

Sorghum is the main staple food crop in developing countries, including Ethiopia. However, sorghum grain quantity and quality are affected by contaminating fungi both under field and post-harvest stage. The aim of the current study was to assessed fu...