F. Kuno et al., ARISUGACIN-A AND ARISUGACIN-B, NOVEL AND SELECTIVE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS FROM PENICILLIUM SP FO-4259 .2. STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION, Journal of antibiotics, 49(8), 1996, pp. 748-751
The structures of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, arisugacins A a
nd B, were elucidated by NMR study. Arisugacins have a aR,6aR,12aS,12b
S)-4a,6,6a,12,12a,12b-hexahydro-4a, ihydroxy-4,4,6a,12b-tetramethyl-4H
,11H-naphtho[2,1 -b]pyrano[3,4-e]pyran-1,11(SH)-dione moiety in common
and 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl residues are attached to C
-9 of the moiety.