Cyclohumulanoid Sesquiterpenes from the Culture Broth of the Basidiomycetous Fungus

A series of cyclohumulanoids, i.e., tricocerapicanols A-C (-), tricoprotoilludenes A () and B (), tricosterpurol (), and tricoilludins A-C (-) were isolated along with known violascensol () and omphadiol () from the culture broth of , an inedible but not toxic mushroom. The structures were fully elucidated on the basis of NMR spectroscopic analysis, and the suggested relative structures were confirmed via density functional theory (DFT)-based chemical shift calculations involving a DP4 probability analysis. In the present study, the H chemical shifts were more informative than the C chemical shifts to distinguish the diastereomers at C-11. The absolute configurations of - were determined by comparing the experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. For and , the same chirality was assigned according to their biosynthetic similarities with the other compounds. The successful assignment of some Cotton effects was achieved by utilizing DFT calculations using simple model compounds. The plausible biosynthesis of - was also discussed on the basis of the structural commonality and general cyclohumulanoid biosynthesis. Compounds and were found to simultaneously induce hyphal swelling and branching at 5.0 μg/mL against a test fungus