ABSTRACT
Brasilanones A-F and asperterreusines A-C, undescribed brasilane sesquiterpenoids and dihydrobenzofuran derivatives, were isolated from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus [CFCC 81836]. Their structures with absolute configurations were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data, X-ray crystallographic analyses, and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Brasilanones A-F are unusual brasilane sesquiterpenoids with an α,ß-unsaturated ketone unit, interestingly, brasilanones B-D are stereo isomers. All of the isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory activities against NO production and cytotoxic activities against five human cancer cell lines (HL-60, SW-480, A-549, MCF-7, and SMMC-7721). Brasilanones A and E showed moderate inhibitory effect with NO inhibition rates of 47.7% (pâ¯<â¯0.001) and 37.3% (pâ¯<â¯0.001) at the concentration of 40⯵M. Asperterreusines A showed cytotoxicity against HL-60 and SW-480â¯cell lines with IC50 values of 15.3 and 25.7⯵M, respectively.