Chemical constituents from the ascomycetous fungus Tuber indicum

Chemistry of Natural Compounds
2007.0

Abstract

We continue our further research into the bioactive constituents of the ascomycete Tuber indicum, from which seven compounds, 5ξ-hydroxypyrrolidin-2-one (1), ergosterol peroxide (2), ergosterol (3), uracil (4), adenosine (5), azelaic acid (6), and D-allitol (7), have been isolated and structurally elucidated. The in vitro inhibitory activity toward phospholipase A2 (PLA2) was tested for these compounds. Anti-phospholipase A2 (PLA2) bioassay showed sterol 2 alone had in vitro selectively inhibitory activity against PLA2 from Crotalus adamenteus venom with an ED50 value of 100 µg/mL, but inactive against Apis mellifcra bee venom PLA2. Of these isolates, others except for 3 were obtained for the first time from the genus Tuber.

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