1 exhibited appreciable cytotoxicity against human melanoma cell lines (B16) and human leukemia cell lines (HL60) with IC 50 values of 17.5 and 19.2 PM, respectively. The MIC values of 1 for Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans were in the range of 23-35 PM.Isoflavone intake from soy-based foods reduces the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and hormone-dependent cancers [1][2][3][4]. Streptomycetes are capable of biotransformation of soybean meal as major organic medium components and production of various isoflavones [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In our search for new metabolites from actinomycetes, a new compound, 7-O-methyl-8-chlorogenistein (1), together with eight known isoflavones, 8-chlorogenistein (2) [10], kakkatin (3) [7], 7-O-methyl genistein (4) [7], genistein (5) [14], daidzein (6) [7], glycitin (7) [16], genistin (8) [17], and daidzin (9) [18], was isolated from the Streptomyces strain YIM GS3536, which was isolated from soil sample collected from Yunnan Province, P. R. China. In this paper, we report the isolation and full assignment of 1 H and 13 C NMR chemical shifts for these compounds, and the biological activity of 1.The total methanol extract of the culture filtrate was chromatographed on silica gel using a gradient from chloroform to methanol, then on Sephadex LH-20 in methanol, to afford compounds 1-9.Compound 1 was obtained as pale yellow needles. Analysis of the low-resolution mass spectrum of compound 1 showed a characteristic [M + H + 2] + peak (m/z 321) indicative of the presence of a chlorine atom. Its molecular formula was deduced to be C 16 H 11 ClO 5 based on HR-ESI-MS ([M + H] + 319.0377, calcd 319.0373) and 13 C NMR data. O OH O R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 1' 5' 3' 4 2 8 6
-9A C B 1: R 1 = OH, R 2 = H, R 3 = OCH 3 , R 4 = Cl; 2: R 1 = R 3 = OH, R 2 = H, R 4 = Cl 3: R 1 = R 4 = H, R 2 = OH, R 3 = OCH 3 ; 4: R 1 = OH, R 2 = R 4 = H, R 3 = OCH 3 5: R 1 = R 3 = OH, R 2 = R 4 = H; 6: R 1 = R 2 = R 4 = H, R 3 = OH 7: R 1 = R 4 = H, R 2 = OCH 3 , R 3 = O-Glc; 8: R 1 = OH, R 2 = R 4 = H, R 3 = O-Glc 9: R 1 = R 2 = R 4 = H, R 3 = O-Glc