5-methylcoumaranones from Mutisia friesiana and their bioactivity

J Nat Prod. 2004 May;67(5):778-82. doi: 10.1021/np0304058.

Abstract

In addition to the known mutisicoumaranones A (1) and B (2), the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of the shrub Mutisia friesiana afforded two new 5-methylcoumaranones, mutisicoumaranones C (3) and D (4). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. (13)C NMR data for mutisicoumaranones A and B are reported for the first time. All compounds showed antifungal activity against the phytopathogenic fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum and bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus. The presence of 5-methylcoumaranones A-D is biosynthetically related to 5-methylcoumarins and phenolic derivatives previously isolated from M. friesiana.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Argentina
  • Asteraceae / chemistry*
  • Benzofurans / chemistry
  • Benzofurans / isolation & purification*
  • Benzofurans / pharmacology
  • Cladosporium / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Benzofurans