Phytotoxic Metabolites from Three Species Causal Agents of Botryosphaeria Dieback in Australia, Luteopyroxin, Neoanthraquinone, and Luteoxepinone, a Disubstituted Furo-α-pyrone, a Hexasubstituted Anthraquinone, and a Trisubstituted Oxepi-2-one from .

Marco Masi, Pierluigi Reveglia, Regina Baaijens-Billones, Marcin Górecki, Gennaro Pescitelli, Sandra Savocchia, Antonio Evidente

Journal: Journal of natural products 2021;83(2):453-460

PMID: 31951128

Abstract

Different phytotoxic metabolites were isolated from the organic extract of , , and , causal agents of Botryosphaeria dieback in Australia. produced a new disubstituted furo-α-pyrone, a hexasubstituted anthraquinone, and a trisubstituted oxepi-2(7)-one, luteopyroxin (), neoanthraquinone (), and luteoxepinone (), respectively, together with the known (±)-nigrosporione (), tyrosol (), ()-(-)-mellein (), and (3,4)-(-)- and (3,4)-(-)-4-hydroxymellein ( and ). The three melleins and tyrosol were also produced by , while produced ()-(-)-mellein (), neoanthraquinone (), tyrosol (), and -cresol (). Luteopryoxin (), neoanthraquinone (), and luteoxepinone () were characterized by analyses of physical data, essentially one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The relative and absolute configurations of luteopyroxin () were determined by nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy and experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism data. When assayed on grapevine leaves, neoanthraquinone () showed the highest toxic effect, causing severe shriveling and withering. Luteopyroxin (), nigrosporione (), and luteoxepinone () also showed different degrees of toxicity, while -cresol () displayed low phytotoxicity.

Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche , Università di Napoli Federico II , Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cintia 4 , 80126 Napoli , Italy.; National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences , Charles Sturt University , Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga New South Wales 2678 , Australia.; Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale , Università di Pisa , Via Moruzzi 13 , 56124 Pisa , Italy.; Institute of Organic Chemistry , Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52 Street , 01-224 Warsaw , Poland.

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