Two new compounds penibenzophenones A-B (1-2), and the synthetic α,β-unsaturated amide alkaloid (E)-tert-butyl(3-cinnamamidopropyl)carbamate (4), newly identified as a natural product, alone with three known ones (3, 5-6) were isolated from the EtOAc extract of the endophytic fungus Penicillium citrinum HL-5126 isolated from the mangrove Bruguiera sexangula var. rhynchopetala collected in the South China Sea. Compound 1 was a chlorinated benzophenone. The structures of 1-6 were elucidated by extensive NMR spectral interpretation, MS data and X-ray analysis. The new compound 2 displayed cytotoxic activity against human A549 cell lines with an IC value of 15.7 μg/mL, and 1 showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus with a MIC value of 20 μg/mL.
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