Chang-Lun Shao

TL;DR: One new anthraquinone derivative, named 8-O-methylnidurufin (1), together with five known analogues (2–6), have been isolated from a gorgonian-derived fungus, Aspergillus sp.

TL;DR: Identification and analysis of the whole genome of the marine-derived fungus Penicillium brasilianum HBU-136 revealed the presence of an interesting biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) for non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), highly homologous to the BGCs of indole-diketopiperazine derivatives.

TL;DR: A microalgal growth inhibition microscale model was established and applied to bioassay-guided isolation and preliminary bioactivity screening of the secondary metabolites from soft corals, gorgonians, sponges and their symbiotic microbes collected from the South China Sea.

TL;DR: Fifteen polyketides, including four new compounds, isoversiol F (1), decumbenone D (2), palitantin B (7), and 1,3-di-O-methyl-norsolorinic acid (8), along with 11 known compounds, were isolated from the deep-sea-derived fungus Aspergillus versicolor SH0105 and evaluated for their antimicrobial activities against four human pathogenic microbes and five fouling bacterial strains.

TL;DR: A novel nitro-phenyl glucoside was isolated from mangrove endophytic fungus (fungus B60), collected from the Shenzhen mangroves Acanthus ilicifolius linn, which were isolated for the first time as natural products.