{"title":"A demethylation chloroisosulochrin and a chromone metabolite from the endophytic fungus <i>Penicilium</i> sp.","authors":"Ke-Liang Chen, Xue Wang, Yang Liu, Yun-Bao Liu","doi":"10.1080/10286020.2025.2579152","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A newly discovered chloroisosulochrin derivative, involving demethychloroisosul (<b>1</b>), and a novel chromone metabolite, reduchromone (<b>2</b>), were extracted from <i>Penicilium</i> sp., an endophytic fungus residing in <i>Rhododendron molle</i>. The structures of these compounds were elucidated through a comprehensive analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS data. In addition, the X-ray diffraction analysis of demethychloroisosul (<b>1</b>) is the first example to confirm the structure of chloroisosulochrin by single-crystal data. Notably, demethychloroisosul (<b>1</b>) exhibited moderate cytotoxic efficacy against HepG2 liver cancer cells, with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration value of 30.18 μM.</p>","PeriodicalId":15180,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Natural Products Research","volume":" ","pages":"1152-1158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Asian Natural Products Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10286020.2025.2579152","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/11/3 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A newly discovered chloroisosulochrin derivative, involving demethychloroisosul (1), and a novel chromone metabolite, reduchromone (2), were extracted from Penicilium sp., an endophytic fungus residing in Rhododendron molle. The structures of these compounds were elucidated through a comprehensive analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS data. In addition, the X-ray diffraction analysis of demethychloroisosul (1) is the first example to confirm the structure of chloroisosulochrin by single-crystal data. Notably, demethychloroisosul (1) exhibited moderate cytotoxic efficacy against HepG2 liver cancer cells, with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration value of 30.18 μM.
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The Journal of Asian Natural Products Research (JANPR) publishes chemical and pharmaceutical studies in the English language in the field of natural product research on Asian ethnic medicine. The journal publishes work from scientists in Asian countries, e.g. China, Japan, Korea and India, including contributions from other countries concerning natural products of Asia. The journal is chemistry-orientated. Major fields covered are: isolation and structural elucidation of natural constituents (including those for non-medical uses), synthesis and transformation (including biosynthesis and biotransformation) of natural products, pharmacognosy, and allied topics. Biological evaluation of crude extracts are acceptable only as supporting data for pure isolates with well-characterized structures.
All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two expert referees.