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Bo Li1, Li Li2, Zonggen Peng3
1State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
Abstract:
Two new sesquiterpene-based analogues, namely harzianoic acids A (1) and B (2), were isolated from a sponge-associated fungus Trichoderma harzianum. Their structures were determined on the basis of the extensive spectroscopic analyses in association with the ECD data for the configurational assignment. Harzianoic acids A and B were structurally characterized as a sesquiterpene and a norsesquiterpene with a cyclobutane nucleus, which is uncommonly found from nature. Both compounds exhibited the inhibitory activity to reduce the HCV RNA levels with low cytotoxicity. The preliminary investigation of the mode of action revealed that the compounds blocked the entry step in the HCV life cycle, while the viral E1/E2 and the host cell CD81 were the potential target proteins.
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