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| Author(s): |
Eli Fernando Pimenta
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2010-10-01 |
| Examining board members: |
Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck;
Paulo Lee Ho;
João Henrique Ghilardi Lago;
Carlos Alberto Montanari;
Angelo da Cunha Pinto
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| Advisor: | Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck |
| Abstract | |
In this study, two species of fungi isolated from the marine environment had their active extracts against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans to a strain of P. citrinum, and activity cytotoxic and against Mycobacterium tuberculosis to a strain of P. oxalicum. This studied aims the optimization their growth conditions for the production of secondary metabolites. Multivariate analysis using a fractional factorial design were used to establish optimal growth conditions for both Penicillium strains. Two optimal growth conditions were obtained for both Penicillium strains. A largest growth volume of P. oxalicum using optimized conditions enabled the detection of three secondary metabolites in the culture media crude extract. Two of such compounds were isolated and identified: meleagrin 52 and oxaline 26. The methodology used to increase the production of secondary metabolites by P. citrinum enabled an increase of 150% in the peak area of oxaline. A largest growth volume of P. citrinum led to the detection of eleven different metabolites in the culture media. Four of these compounds were isolated and identified as the known (8E)-1-(2,3-dihydropyrrol-1-yl)-2-methyldec-8-ene-1,3-dione 56; the 1-(2,3-dihydropyrrol-1-yl)-2-methyldecane-1,3-dione 58; the 2-((E)-hept-5-enyl)-6,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-3-methylpyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazin-4-one 59 and citrinin 31. Two new indole alkaloids containing a nitro group were also isolated and identified, named citrinalins A 60 and B 62. A further study with P. citrinum aiming an enhanced production of citrinalins allowed a significant increase in the production of citrinalin B. (AU) | |