SOME NEW TERPENOID METABOLITES FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED FUSARIUM SPECIES

Six new terpenoids of mixed biogenetic origin exhibiting anti-Tetrahymena pyriformis activity have been isolated from an unclassified Fusarium species designated LL-Z1272. The structures of these metabolites, named LL-Z1272α, β, γ, δ, ε and ζ, are composed of an orcyl aldehyde unit condensed with a farnesyl side chain which in γ, δ, ε and ζ, is terminally cyclized to a cyclohexanone ring. All but β and ε contain a chlorine atom in the aromatic portion of the molecule. © 1969.