The three new 10-phenyl-[12]-cytochalasins Z7, Z8, and Z9 (1-3), together with two known analogues, cytochalasins E (4) and K (5), were isolated from the marine-derived fungus Spicaria elegans. This is only the second report to date that cytochalasins contain a 12-membered macrocyclic ring. The structures of the three new cytochalasins were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, and their absolute configurations were determined for the first time by the modified Mosher's method. All five cytochalasins were evaluated for their cytotoxic effects on P388 and A-549 cell lines by the MTT method.

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Two new bisorbicillinoids possessing an openended cage structure, dihydrotrichodimerol (1) and tetrahydrotrichodimerol (2), were isolated from a marinederived Penicillium terrestre. Their structures were established by spectroscopic methods. Their cytotoxic activities against P388 and A-549 cell lines were preliminarily evaluated by the MTT method.

Two known modified dipeptides, trichodermamide A (1) and aspergillazine A (2), were isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of the metabolite of a marine-derived fungus Spicaria elegans, and were found to have a weak cytotoxic effect on three cancer cell lines P388, A-549, and HL-60 agreed. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the isolation of compounds 1 and 2 from the fungus Spicaria elegans and their cytotoxic effect.