A novel 1-isoquinolone analog desig- nated as marinamide (A) and its methyl ester (B), were produced by the application of mixed fermenta- tion technique to two mangrove endophytic fungi (strains Nos. 1924 and 3893) from the South China Sea. Their structures were elucidated by compre- hensive spectra methods (mainly by 2D NMR) as 4- (2-pyrrolyl)-1-isoquinolone-3-carboxylic acid (A) and methyl 4-(2-pyrrolyl)-1-isoquinolone-3-carboxylate (B), respectively. Compounds A and B were not obtained when either strain was cultured individually under the same conditions. The results showed that the appli- cation of mixed fermentation technique maybe rep- resents a potentially important approach to discover novel metabolites.
A set of three sphingolipids, N-2′-hydroxyplmitoyl-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4E, 8E-sphingadiene （A）, N-2′-hydroxyl-3′E-octadecenoyl-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-9-methyl-4E, 8E-sphingediene （B） and N-palmitoyldihydrosphingosine （C）, were isolated from two marine-derived mangrove endophytic fungal strains （strains No. 1924 and 3893） from the South China Sea. Their structures were elucidated by 2D NMR and FABMS methods. It is the first time that these sphingolipids were separated and obtained from marine-derived mangrove endophytic fungus from the South China Sea.
Two metabolites （A and B） were isolated from the mycelium of mangrove endophytic fungus Stysanus like sp. （#2492） from the South China Sea. Their structures were identified by spectral data as N-（2-hydroxytetracosyl）-2-amino-1,3,4-trihydroxyoctadecane （A） and γ -stearolactone （B）. It is the first report that γ -stearolactone （B） is isolated from marine fungus as natural product.
