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Plectosphaeroic Acids A, B, and C, Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Inhibitors Produced in Culture by a Marine Isolate of the Fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina

TitlePlectosphaeroic Acids A, B, and C, Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Inhibitors Produced in Culture by a Marine Isolate of the Fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsCarr, G, Tay, W, Bottriell, H, Andersen, SK, Mauk, AG, Andersen, RJ
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume11
Pagination2996-2999
Date PublishedJul
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number1523-7060
KeywordsCANCER, CELLS, chemotherapy, EXIGUAMINE-A, EXPRESSION, IDO, MECHANISM, METABOLITES, SUPPRESSION, TRYPTOPHAN DEGRADATION
Abstract

Laboratory cultures of the fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina obtained from marine sediments collected in Barkley Sound, British Columbia, yielded the novel alkaloids plectosphaeroic acids A (1) to C (3). The alkaloids 1-3 are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO).
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