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Data from: Biotransformation of labdane and halimane diterpenoids by two filamentous fungi strains

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Monteiro, Afif F. et al. (2017). Data from: Biotransformation of labdane and halimane diterpenoids by two filamentous fungi strains [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fb7r5

Abstract

Biotransformation of natural products by filamentous fungi is a powerful and effective approach to achieve derivatives with valuable new chemical and biological properties. Despite diterpenoid substrates exhibit good susceptibility towards fungi enzymes, there have been no studies concerning the microbiological transformation of halimane-type diterpenoids up to now. In this work, we investigated the capability of Fusarium oxysporum (a fungus isolated from the rhizosphere of Senna spectabilis) and Myrothecium verrucaria (an endophyte) to transform halimane (1) and labdane (2) acids isolated from Hymenaea stigonocarpa (Fabaceae). Feeding experiments resulted in the production of six derivatives, including hydroxy, oxo, formyl, and carboxy analogues. Incubation of 1 with F. oxysporum afforded 2-oxo-derivative (3), while bioconversion with M. verrucaria provided 18,19-dihydroxy (4), 18-formyl (5), and 18-carboxy (6) bioproducts. Transformation of substrate 2 mediated by F. oxysporum produced a 7-hydroxy (7) derivative, whilst M. verrucaria yielded 7- (7) and 3-hydroxy (8) metabolites. Unlike F. oxysporum, which showed a preference to transform ring B, M. verrucaria, exhibited the ability to hydroxylate both rings A and B from substrate 2. Additionally, compounds 1–8 were evaluated for inhibitory activity against Hr-AChE and Hu-BChE enzymes through ICER-IT-MS/MS assay.

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