NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 538-545. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2026.3.009 cstr: 32307.14.1001-6880.2026.3.009

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Secondary metabolites of Penicillium glabrum SF-61290 and their bioactivities

ZHAO Shi-qin2,LIU Fang1,3,WANG Kai-mei1,3,FANG Wei1,3, LIU Man-li1,3,GONG Yan1,3,YANG Xi-liang2 *,ZHANG Ya-ni1,3 *   

  1. 1Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Centre, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Wuhan 430064,China; 2 School of Medicine,Wuhan University of Science and Technology,Institute of Pharmaceutical Process,Institute of Infection,Immunology and Tumor Microenvironment,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control; 3National Plant Protection Microbial Germplasm Resource Bank (Hubei),Wuhan 430064,China
  • Online:2026-03-27 Published:2026-03-26

Abstract:

To characterize the secondary metabolites and evaluate their bioactivities of Penicillium glabrum SF-61290, the study was carried out to isolate and purify the ethyl acetate extract of its fermentation broth using silica gel column chromatography and preparative HPLC, and identify the structures of the compounds by modern spectroscopic methods such as NMR, MS, and so on. Additionally, the in vitro cytotoxic and antibacterial activities of these compounds were assessed using the MTT assay and the microdilution method, respectively. Ten compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the strain fermentation broth, and identified as penicilazaphilone O (1), sclerotiorin (2), isochromophilone XV (3), 8a-epi-hypocrellone A (4), arvoredol (5), geumsanol G (6), geumsanol D (7), penicilazaphilone B (8), geumsanol B (9), and isochromophilone VI (10). Among these, compound 1 is a new azaphilone derivative. Compounds 3, 5, 7, and 10 exhibited significant cytotoxicity against the colorectal cancer HCT-8 cell line, with IC50 values of 13.1, 27.84, 17.96, and 54.17 μmol/L, respectively, outperforming the positive control 5-fluorouracil (IC50 = 61.17 μmol/L). Compounds 1-10 exhibited no obvious activities against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus suis, with minimal inhibitory concentration all exceeding 100 μg/mL.

Key words: Penicillium sp; Penicillium glabrum, secondary metabolites, azaphilones, bioactivities

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