A demethylation chloroisosulochrin and a chromone metabolite from the endophytic fungus Penicilium sp.

A newly discovered chloroisosulochrin derivative, involving demethychloroisosul (1), and a novel chromone metabolite, reduchromone (2), were extracted from Penicilium sp., an endophytic fungus residing in Rhododendron molle. The structures of these compounds were elucidated through a comprehensive analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS data. In addition, the X-ray diffraction analysis of demethychloroisosul (1) is the first example to confirm the structure of chloroisosulochrin by single-crystal data. Notably, demethychloroisosul (1) exhibited moderate cytotoxic efficacy against HepG2 liver cancer cells, with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration value of 30.18 μM.