Abstract
A new diketopiperazine (DKP) derivative, (6R,3Z)-3-benzylidene-6-isobutyl-1-methyl piperazine-2,5-dione (1), as well as five known DKPs 2–6 was isolated from a deep sea-derived Streptomyces sp. SCSIO 04496. The structure of 1 was elucidated using a combination of 1D and 2D NMR, HR-ESI-MS and chiral-phase HPLC techniques. Compounds 1–6 did not show cytotoxic activity at a concentration of 100 μM in bioactivity assay.
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Acknowledgement
We are grateful to Mr Li, Mrs Sun, Mrs Xiao and Miss Zhang of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology for recording NMR and MS data.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.