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Four new cyclo
depsipepti
des, pterati
des I-IV (
1-
4), have been isolate
d from the extract of a
Pterulaspecies collecte
d from a
Malaysian tropical forest. Homonuclear an
d heteronuclear 2D NMR techniquesas well as MS fragmentation experiments, in combination with methanolysis,
determine
d the grossstructures of the pepti
des an
d showe
d that pterati
des I an
d II each containe
d the nonproteinogenic aminoaci
d 4-methylproline. The absolute configurations of the amino aci
ds in pterati
des I-IV were establishe
dusing Marfey's metho
d. Pterati
des I an
d II are each potently cytotoxic against the P388 murine leukemiacell line (IC
50 values of 41 an
d 40 nM, respectively). Pterati
des III an
d IV show weaker, but still notable,activity with IC
50 values of 7.4 an
d 2.9
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M, respectively.