| Literature DB >> 19371071 |
Shunyan Mo1, Aleksej Krunic, George Chlipala, Jimmy Orjala.
Abstract
Five new antibacterial ambiguine K-O isonitriles (1-5) and eight previously described indole alkaloids were isolated from the cultured cyanobacterium Fischerella ambigua (UTEX 1903) by bioassay-guided fractionation. The planar structures of the new compounds were determined by spectroscopic analysis including MS and 1D and 2D NMR. X-ray crystallography was used to determine the absolute stereoconfiguration of ambiguine K isonitrile. The isolates were evaluated for their antibacterial activities against a set of bacterial targets, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Bacillus anthracis. Ambiguine K and M isonitriles showed the most potent activity against M. tuberculosis, with MIC values of 6.6 and 7.5 microM, respectively. Ambiguine A isonitrile showed the most potent activity against B. anthracis, with a MIC of 1.0 microM.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19371071 PMCID: PMC2765494 DOI: 10.1021/np800751j
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nat Prod ISSN: 0163-3864 Impact factor: 4.050