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  • Title: Bionectins A-C, epidithiodioxopiperazines with anti-MRSA activity, from Bionectra byssicola F120.
    Author: Zheng CJ, Kim CJ, Bae KS, Kim YH, Kim WG.
    Journal: J Nat Prod; 2006 Dec; 69(12):1816-9. PubMed ID: 17190469.
    Abstract:
    Three new epidithiodioxopiperazine compounds, bionectins A (1), B (2), and C (3), along with a known compound, verticillin D (4), have been isolated from the mycelium of liquid fermentation cultures of the fungus Bionectra byssicola F120. The structures of compounds 1-3 were assigned on the basis of MS and NMR data. Compounds 1 and 2 incorporate a dioxopiperazine moiety with a disulfide bridge in their molecules, while 3 contains a dioxopiperazine ring with two methylsulfanyl groups. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and quinolone-resistant S. aureus (QRSA), with MIC values of 10-30 microg/mL, while 3 showed no antibacterial activity even at 100 microg/mL.
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