Butenolide and furandione from an endophytic Aspergillus terreus.

A new butenolide, aspernolide D (1), and furandione, asperterone (2), together with four known butenolides, butyrolactones I-IV and aspernolide B, were obtained from cultures of the endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus, isolated from the flowering plant Mammea siamensis. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by analysis of NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric data.

Moluccensins H-J, 30-ketophragmalin limonoids from Xylocarpus moluccensis.

Three new phragmalin limonoids, moluccensins H-J (1-3), were isolated from seed kernels of the cedar mangrove, Xylocarpus moluccensis. Their structures were established by extensive spectroscopic analysis. Compound 2 displayed weak antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus hominis and Enterococcus faecalis.

Protoxylocarpins F-H, protolimonoids from seed kernels of Xylocarpus granatum.

Three new protolimonoids, protoxylocarpins F-H (1-3), along with 11 known limonoids, were isolated from seed kernels of Xylocarpus granatum. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analyses. All compounds isolated were evaluated for cytotoxic activity against five human tumor cell lines.