A new cerebroside, Asperiamide A, from the marine fungus Asperillus sp.

Abstract

A new cerebroside, asperiamide A (1), and adenosine were produced from a marine fungus, identified as Asperillus sp., collected in the Mei Zhou Gulf, China. Two-dimensional NMR methods, FAB-MS, were used to established the structure of the new compound.

Keywords:

• Marine fungus
• Asperillus
• Cerebroside

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a Chinese National Science Fund (Research Project: 20272015). We thank the staff of the analytical group of Department of Chemistry, Taiwan University for measurements of NMR and FAB-MS spectra.