Homobotcinolide: A biologically active natural homolog of botcinolide from botrytis cinerea

Abstract

A novel natural product exhibiting biological activity was isolated from a strain of Botrytis cinerea that had infected raspherry fruit (Rubus ideaus). Liquid fermentation and bioassay-directed fractionation of the organism yielded a compound with molecular formula C22H3808 that is trivially named homobotcinolide. It significantly inhibited etiolated wheat coleoptile growth. Greenhouse-grown bean, corn, and tobacco plants were also affected by exogenous applications of homobotcinolide, severe chlorosis and necrosis being exhibited in corn. The compound is a polyhydroxylated nonalactone esterified with 4-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid. © 1996, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.