Structural and biosynthetic studies on eremophilenols related to the phytoalexin capsidiol, produced by Botrytis
Ivonne Suárez1, Gesiane da Silva Lima1, Raphael Conti2
1Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario Río San Pedro s/n, Torre sur, 4a planta, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
Abstract:
A thorough study of the fermentation broth of three strains of Botrytis cinerea which were grown on a modified Czapek-Dox medium supplemented with 5 ppm copper sulphate, yielded five undescribed metabolites. These metabolites possessed a sesquiterpenoid (+)-4-epi-eremophil-9-ene carbon skeleton which was enantiomeric to that of the phytoalexin, capsidiol. The isolation of these metabolites when the fungus was stressed, suggests that they may be potential effectors used by B. cinerea to circumvent plant chemical defences against phytopathogenic fungi. The biosynthesis of these compounds has been studied using 2H and 13C labelled acetate.
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