Pterulinic acid (1) and pterulone (2), two novel halogenated antibiotics, were isolated from fermentations of Pterula sp. 82168. Both compounds exhibited significant antifungal and weak or no cytotoxic activities. 1 and 2 are effective inhibitors of eucaryotic respiration. The target of the antibiotics resides within the mitochondrial NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I).
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