Isolation and characterization of new chlamydosporol related metabolites of Fusarium chlamydosporum and Fusarium tricinctum.

Fusarium chlamydosporum strain T-826 isolated from corn in the USA produced chlamydosporol and two analogs which have been identified by various spectroscopic techniques as: 7,8-dihydro-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-trans-7,8-dimethyl-2H,5H-pyrano(4, 3-b)pyran-2-one (or isochlamydosporol) and 4-methoxy-5-hydroxymethyl-6-(3-butan-2-ol)-2H-pyran-2-one (or chlamydospordiol). Chlamydosporol (compound a + b) chlamydospordiol (compound c) and isochlamydosporol (compound d) were produced together (up to 6000 micrograms/g) by 3 out of 11 isolates of F. chlamydosporum and by 3 out of 24 isolates of F. tricinctum from various substrates and geographic origin. Three isolates of F. chlamydosporum and one isolate of F. tricinctum produced only chlamydospordiol and 2 isolates of F. tricinctum produced chlamydosporol (a + b), and chlamydospordiol (c).