Brevianamides with Antitubercular Potential from a Marine-Derived Isolate of <i>Aspergillus versicolor</i>

Fuhang Song, Xinru Liu, Hui Guo, Biao Ren, Caixia Chen, Andrew M. Piggott, Ke Yu, Hong Gao, Qian Wang, Mei Liu,

Organic Letters · 2012 · 120 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

An Aspergillus versicolor isolated from sediment collected from the Bohai Sea, China, yielded the new dimeric diketopiperazine brevianamide S (1), together with three new monomeric cometabolites, brevianamides T (2), U (3), and V (4). Structures were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Brevianamide S exhibited selective antibacterial activity against Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), suggestive of a new mechanism of action that could inform the development of next-generation antitubercular drugs.

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