p-Aminoacetophenonic acids produced by a mangrove endophyte Streptomyces sp. (strain HK10552).

Four new p-aminoacetophenonic acids, named (2E)-11-(4'-aminophenyl)-5,9-dihydroxy-4,6,8-trimethyl-11-oxo-undec-2-enoic acid (1), 9-(4'-aminophenyl)-3,7-dihydroxy-2,4,6-trimethyl-9-oxo-nonoic acid(2), (2E)-11-(4'-aminophenyl)-5,9-O-cyclo-4,6,8-trimethyl-11-oxo-undec-2-enoic acid (3) and 9-(4'-aminophenyl)-3,7-O-cyclo-2,4,6-trimethyl-9-oxo-nonoic acid(4), were isolated from an endophyte Streptomyces sp. (strain HK10552) of the mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated by using spectroscopic analyses. The relative stereoconfigurations of compounds 3 and 4 were determined by NOESY experiments. In the bioassay test, 1-4 showed no cytotoxicity against the Hela cell lines. Compound 4 also showed no inhibitory bioactivity on HCV protease and SecA ATPase and wasn't active against VSVG/HIV-luc pseudotyping virus.