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.

Six new oblongolides, W1, W2, X, Y, and Z (1-3, 6, 7) and 2-deoxy-4alpha-hydroxyoblongolide X (4), and the known compounds oblongolide (8), oblongolides T, C, and Q (5, 9, 10), and (-)-5-methylmellein were isolated from the endophytic fungus Phomopsis sp. BCC 9789. Compound 7 showed anti-HSV-1 activity (IC50=14 microM) and cytotoxic activities against KB, BC, NCI-H187, and nonmalignant (Vero) cell lines with respective IC50 values of 37, 26, 32, and 60 microM. Cytotoxic activity against the BC cell line was also observed for compound 6, with an IC50 value of 48 microM.

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.

New phenolic mono- and digalactopyranosides (1 and 2), their aglycone KS-501a (3), and a new phenolic 4-O-methylglucopyranoside (4) were isolated from the filamentous fungus Acremonium sp. BCC 14080. Structures of these compounds were elucidated by extensive MS and NMR spectroscopic analyses. Compound 1 displayed anti-HSV-1 activity with an IC(50) value of 7.2 microM. Compound 3 exhibited activity against Plasmodium falciparum K1 with an IC(50) value of 9.9 microM.

New Diphenyl Ethers from the Insect Pathogenic Fungus Cordyceps sp. BCC 1861. -The glycosides cordyol A (Ia) and B (Ib) and the diphenyl ether cordyol C (II) are isolated. (II) exhibits significant anti-HSV-1 activity and cytotoxic activity against BC and NCI-H187 cancer cell lines. -(BUNYAPAIBOONSRI*, T.; YOIPROMMARAT, S.; INTEREYA, K.; KOCHARIN, K.; Chem.

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