Abstract:
Four new diphenyl ethers, named epicoccethers K−N (
1 −
4 ), were purified from the fermentation medium of a fungus
Epicoccum sorghinum derived from
Myoporum bontioides, and identified through HR-ESI-MS and NMR spectral analysis. Except that compound
1 showed moderate antifungal activity against
Penicillium italicum and
Fusarium graminearum, the other three compounds showed stronger activity against them than triadimefon. All of them showed moderate or weak antibacterial activity towards
Staphylococcus aureus and
Escherichia coli with O6 and O78 serotypes except that
3 was inactive to
E. coli O6.