Herein preparative scale access to the shared precursor of the fusicoccane family of diterpenoids through biosynthesis in three different microbial hosts is reported. A method to purify the metabolite in high purity and on a preparative scale was explored.

New lobane-based diterpenoids lobovarols A-D (1-4) and a prenyleudesmane-type diterpenoid lobovarol E (5) along with seven known related diterpenoids (6-12) were isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of a Taiwanese soft coral Lobophytum varium. Their structures were identified on the basis of multiple spectroscopic analyses and spectral comparison. The absolute configuration at C-16 of the kn...

Two new eunicellin-based diterpenoids, cladieunicellins K (1) and L (2), were isolated from an octocoral Cladiella sp. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and 2 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity towards the MOLT-4 human leukemia.

Abstract Plants deploy both primary and species-specific, specialized metabolites to communicate with other organisms adapt environmental challenges, including interactions soil-dwelling microbial communities. However, the role of in modulating plant-microbiome often remains elusive. In this study, we report that maize ( Zea mays ) diterpenoid known antifungal bioactivities also influence rhizo...