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SUBMITTER: Wu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5128747 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marine drugs 20161102 11
The properties and the production of new metabolites from the fungal strain LF657 isolated from the Herodotes Deep (2800 m depth) in the Mediterranean Sea are reported in this study. The new isolate was identified as <i>Biscogniauxia mediterranea</i> based on ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and 28S rRNA gene sequences. A new isopyrrolonaphthoquinone with inhibitory activity against glycogen synthase kinase (GSK-3β) was isolated from this fungus. This is the first report of this class of compounds from a fungus i ...[more]