A phytochemical study of the fungus Quambalaria cyanescens led to the isolation of one new natural compound (1), along with four known compounds (2–5). The structures of the isolated metabolites were elucidated based on spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques. The fatty acid composition of Q. cyanescens was determined by GC/MS and found to consist of stearic, myristic, lauric, linoleic, cis-vaccenic, oleic, and pentadecanoic acids. All the isolated compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial, antimalarial, and antileishmanial activities.
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We are grateful to the Egyptian Government and the National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, USA for financial support, and to Drs. Melissa Jacob, Babu Tekwani, and Shabana Khan for performing the bioassays.
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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, March–April, 2018, pp. 229–231.
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Bishay, D.W., Abdel-Baky, A.M., Moharram, A.M. et al. Secondary Metabolites from the Fungus Quambalaria cyanescens. Chem Nat Compd 54, 274–277 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-018-2322-2
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