Roll D M, Manning J K, Carter G T
Natural Products Chemistry, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1998 Jul;51(7):635-9. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.51.635.
Two new sesquiterpenoid antibiotics, hongoquercins A and B, were isolated from the extracts of an unidentified fungus. The structures of both metabolites were determined by spectroscopic analysis. They are related to a class of compounds commonly found in brown algae and dictyoceratid sponges. Hongoquercin A exhibited moderate activity against gram-positive bacteria.