Two novel diphenyl ether glycosides and a new diphenyl ether, cordyol A-C (1-3), were isolated from the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps sp. BCC 1861. Structures of these compounds were elucidated by NMR and MS spectral analyses. Cordyol C (3) exhibited significant anti-HSV-1 activity with an IC 50 value of 1.3 m mg/ml, and cytotoxic activity against BC and NCI-H187 cancer cell lines with IC 50 values of 8.65 and 3.72 m mg/ml, respectively. Cordyol A (1) displayed weak antimycobacterial activity with a MIC value of 100 m mg/ml.

A new cycloheptapeptide, cordyheptapeptide A (1), was isolated from the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps sp. BCC 1788 along with four known bioxanthracenes (2-5). The structure was elucidated by spectroscopic data. The absolute configuration of amino acid residues was determined by HPLC and X-ray diffraction analyses.

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New spirocyclic and bicyclic hemiacetals, isariotins E (1) and F (2), together with TK-57-164A (3) were isolated from the entomopathogenic fungus Isaria tenuipes BCC 12625. The absolute configuration of 3 was addressed by application of the modified Mosher's method. Isariotin F (2) exhibited activity against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum K1 with an IC(50) value of 5.1 microM and cytotoxic activities against cancer cell lines (KB, BC, and NCI-H187) and nonmalignant (Vero) cells with respective IC(50) values of 15.8, 2.4, 1.6, and 2.9 microM.