Secondary metabolites from the root rot biocontrol fungus phlebiopsis gigantea

Abstract

Three cyclopentanoids (phlebiopsin A–C), one glycosylated p-terphenyl (methyl-terfestatin A), and o-orsellinaldehyde were isolated from the biocontrol fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea, and their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic analysis, as well as by LC-HRMS. The biological activity of the compounds against the root rot fungus Heterobasidion occidentale, as well as against Fusarium oxysporum and Penicillium canescens, was also investigated, but only o-orsellinaldehyde was found to have any antifungal activity in the concentration range tested.