Biscopyran, a phytotoxic hexasubstituted pyranopyran produced by Biscogniauxia mediterranea, a fungus pathogen of cork oak

J Nat Prod. 2005 Apr;68(4):568-71. doi: 10.1021/np049621m.

Abstract

A new phytotoxic hexasubstituted pyranopyran, biscopyran (3), was isolated together with phenylacetic acid (2) and previously isolated 5-methylmellein (1) from the liquid culture filtrates of Biscogniauxiamediterranea, a major fungal pathogen involved in oak decline in Sardinia. Biscopyran was characterized by spectroscopic methods as a new (Z)-2-methoxy-1-[7-((Z)-2-methoxybut-2-enoyl)-3,4,5,6-tetramethyl-2H,7H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyran-2-yl]but-2-en-1-one. Biscopyran assayed at 0.26-0.026 mM concentration range caused epinasty on cork oak cuttings. On a nonhost plant, tomato, biscopyran caused wilting. Phenylacetic acid, assayed at the same concentration, was toxic to Q. suber, while on tomato cuttings it induced internal tissue collapse on the stem.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Italy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pyrans / chemistry
  • Pyrans / isolation & purification*
  • Pyrans / pharmacology
  • Pyrans / toxicity
  • Quercus
  • Solanum lycopersicum / drug effects
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Pyrans
  • biscopyran