Four compounds, daldinone A (1), daldinone B (2), daldiniapyrone (4-methoxy-5-carbomethoxy-6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one, 3), and daldinialanone (22R-hydroxylanosta-7,9(11),24-trien-3-one, 4), were isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of fruit bodies of Daldinia concentrica collected in Europe. In addition, 11 known compounds, 4:5:4':5'-tetrahydroxy-1:1'-binaphthyl (5), 3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-tetralone (6), (+)-orthosporin (7), curuilignan D (8), (22E)-cholesta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one (9), 3beta,22-dihydroxylanosta-7,9(11),24-triene (10), concentricol (11), concentricol B (12), concentricol C (13), concentricol D (14), and phenochalasin B (15), were obtained. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by 2D NMR, MS, IR, and UV spectra and by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The absolute configurations of 1 and 4 were determined by CD spectroscopy and the modified Mosher's method, respectively. The chemotaxonomic relevance of the compounds obtained in this investigation is discussed.

Fractionation of the methanol extract of the fruit bodies of the xylariaceus ascomycete Hypoxylon rubiginosum resulted in the isolation of three new azaphilone derivatives named rubiginosins A-C (1-3) and a new fatty acid named rubiginosic acid (4), together with three known compounds, entonaemin A (5), daldinin C (6), and orsellinic acid. Their structures were elucidated by 2D NMR, MS, IR, and UV spectra and chemical reaction. The absolute configuration of compound 3 was established by CD spectroscopy. The structure of 4 was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.

ABSTRACT:In the course of our investigation on biologically active substances from inedible mushrooms in Japan, Germany, and Vietnam, we studied the chemical constituents of 22 species belonging to five families: Scutigeraceae, Polyporaceae, Xylariaceae, Thelephoraceae, and Paxillaceae. Various types of chemical substances were purified and characterized based on the modern spectroscopic methods and also on chemical reactions. These metabolites have shown a broad activity in many biological systems, such as antimicrobial, nematicidal, inhibition of NO production, antihuman immunodeficiency virus, tumor necrosis factor-α, and antioxidant activities. These isolated metabolites did not only show interesting activities, but also are employed as chemical markers supported for chemosystematics of these families. This review paper deals with the chemical constituents of 22 species, their biological activities, and also a discussion on chemosystematics.

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