P. Cai et al., EPOLONES - NOVEL SESQUITERPENE-TROPOLONES FROM FUNGUS OS-F69284 THAT INDUCE ERYTHROPOIETIN IN HUMAN-CELLS, Journal of natural products, 61(6), 1998, pp. 791-795
In the course of our screening for small molecule modulators of erythr
opoietin gene expression, two novel sesquiterpene tropolones and pycni
done were isolated from a culture of OS-F69284 (ATCC 74390). Their str
uctures were elucidated by extensive H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopic st
udies and chemical reactions. These compounds induced erythropoietin g
ene expression 5-fold at a concentration of 1-1.6 mu M.