- 1) Nicolaou, K.C., Jautelat, R., Vassilikogiannakis, G., Baran, B.S., and Simonsen, K.B., Studies towards trichodimerol: novel cascade reactions and polycyclic frameworks. Chem. Eur. J., 5, 3651-3665 (1999).
- 2) Mazzucco, C.E., and Warr, G., J., Trichodimerol (BMS-182123) inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced eicosanoid secretion in THP-1 human monocyteic cells. J. Leukoc. Biol., 60, 271-277 (1996).
- 3) Kontani, M., Sakagami, Y., and Marumo, S., First β-1,6-glucan biosynthesis inhibitor, bisvertinolone isolated from fungus, Acremonium strictum and its absolute stereochemistry. Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 2577-2580 (1994).
- 4) Blois, M.S., Antioxidant determinations by the use of a stable free radical. Nature, 181, 1199-1200 (1958).
- 5) Abe, N., Murata, T., and Hirota, A., Novel DPPH radical scavengers, bisorbicillinol and demethyltrichodimerol, from a fungus. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 62, 661-666 (1998).
- 6) Abe, N., Murata, T., and Hirota, A., Novel oxidized sorbicillin dimers with 1,1-diphenyl-2-pycrylhydrazyl-radical scavenging activity from a fungus. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 62, 2120-2126 (1998).
- 7) Abe, N., Murata, T., Yamamoto, K., and Hirota, A., Bisorbibetanone, a novel oxidized sorbicillin dimer, with 1,1-diphenyl-2-pycrylhydrazyl-radical scavenging activity from a fungus. Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 5203-5206 (1999).
- 8) Abe, N., Yamamoto, K., and Hirota, A., Novel fungal metabolites, demethylsorbicillin and oxosorbicillinol, isolated from Trichoderma sp. USF-2690. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64, 620-622 (2000).
- 9) Trifonov, L.S., Dreiding, A.S., Hoesch, L., and Rast, D., M., Isolation of four hexaketides from Verticillium intertextum. Helv. Chim. Acta, 64, 1843-1846 (1981).
- 10) Trifonov, L.S., Bieri, J.H., Prewo, R., Dreiding, A.S., Hoesch, L., and Rast, D.M., Isolation and structure elucidation of three metabolites from Verticillium intertextum: Sorbicillin, dihydrosorbicillin and bisvertinoquinol. Tetrahedron, 39, 4243-4256 (1983).
- 11) Trifonov, L.S., Hilpert, H., Floershim, P., Dreiding, A.S., Rast, D.M., Skrivanova, R., and Hoesch, L., Bisvertinols: a new group of dimeric vertinoids from Verticillium intertexetum. Tetrahedron, 42, 3157-3179 (1986).
- 12) Shirota, O., Pathak, V., Hossain, C.F., Sekita, S., Takatori, K., and Satake, M., Structural elucidation of trichotetronines: polyketides possessing a bicyclo[2,2,2]octane skeleton with a tetronic acid moiety isolated from Trichoderma sp. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1997, 2961-2964.
- 13) Sperry, S., Samuels, G.J., and Crews, P., Vertinoid polyketides from the saltwater culture of the fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum separated from a Haliclona marine sponge. J. Org. Chem., 63, 10011-10014 (1998).
- 14) Andrade, R., Ayer, W.A., and Trifonov, L.S., The metabolites of Trichoderma longibrachiatum. III Two new tetronic acids: 5-hydroxyvertinolide and bislongiquinolide. Aust. J. Chem., 50, 255-257 (1997).
- 15) Abe, N., Yamamoto, K., Arakawa, T., and Hirota, A., The biosynthesis of bisorbicillinoids: evidence for a biosynthetic route from bisorbicillinol to bisorbibutenolide and bisorbicillinolide. Chem. Commun., 2001, 23-24.
- 16) Barnes-Seeman, D., and Corey, E.J., A two-step total synthesis of the natural pentacyclic trichodimerol, a novel inhibitor of TNF-a production. Org. Lett., 1, 1503-1504 (1999).
- 17) Nicolaou, K.C., Vassilikogiannakis, G., Simonsen, K.B., Baran, P.S., Zhong, Y.-L., Vidali, P.V., Pitsinos, E.N., and Couladouros, E.A., Biomimetic total synthesis of bisorbicillinol, bisorbibutenolide, trichodimerol, and designed analogues of the bisorbicillinoids. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 3071-3079 (2000).
- 18) Abe, N., Sugimoto, O., Tanji, K.-I., and Hirota, A., Identification of quinol intermediate “sorbicillinol”, a key intermediate postulated in Bisorbicillinoids biosynthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 12606-12607 (2000).
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Volume 65, 2001 - Issue 10