Investigation of the fungal strain
Monodictys putredinis isolated from the inner tissue of a marine green alga led to theisolation of four new monomeric xanthones and a
benzophenone. All structures were elucidated
by extensive spectroscopicmeasurements. The relative configuration of compound
1 was determined
by X-ray crystal structure analysis, while for
2 and
3 configurations were confirmed
by NOE experiments. A
bsolute configurations for compounds
1-
3 were deduced
by comparing experimental circular dichroism spectroscopic data with those calculated employing quantum-chemicaltime-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). The compounds were examined for their cancer chemopreventivepotential. Xanthone
2 was shown to inhi
bit cytochrome P450 1A activity with an IC
50 value of 3.0
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M. Compounds
2and
3 displayed moderate activity as inducers of NAD(P)H:quinone reductase (QR) in cultured mouse Hepa 1c1c7cells, with CD values (concentration required to dou
ble the specific activity of QR) of 12.0 and 12.8
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M, respectively.Compound
3 showed weak inhi
bition of aromatase activity.