pubmed-article:11520238 | pubmed:abstractText | Microbial transformation of the germacranolide pyrethrosin (1) using Rhizopus nigricans NRRL 1477 has resulted in the isolation of 6 alpha-acetoxy-1 beta,4 alpha-dihydroxy-5,7 alpha H,8 beta H-eudesm-11 beta,13-dihydro-8,12-olide (5), a new eudesmanolide-type metabolite, in addition to the previously reported eudesmanolides: 2, 3, 4, and 6. The structure elucidation of these metabolites was based primarily on 1D and 2D NMR analyses. The isolated metabolites exhibited cytotoxic, antifungal, and antiprotozoal activities. | lld:pubmed |