Benzophenones-natural metabolites with great Hopes in drug discovery: structures, occurrence, bioactivities, and biosynthesis

Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim, Duaa Fahad ALsiyud, Abdulrahman Y. Alfaeq, Shaimaa G. A. Mohamed and Gamal A. Mohamed

RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 23472
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Pyrone and isocoumarin derivatives from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Hongxin Liu, Yanjiang Zhang, Yuchan Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Haibo Tan and Weimin Zhang

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 4900
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Rhizophols A and B, antioxidant and axially chiral benzophenones from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Zhaoming Liu, Haibo Tan, Kai Chen, Yuchan Chen, Wenge Zhang, Shanchong Chen, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 10009
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Phomeroids A and B: two novel cytotoxic meroterpenoids from the deep-sea-derived fungus Phomopsis tersa FS441

Shanchong Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Haibo Tan, Yuchan Chen, Saini Li, Haohua Li, Shuang Zhu, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Org. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 557
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Extraction of secondary metabolites from endophytic fungus Colletotrichum sp. A885: Spectroscopic characterization, anti-inflammatory properties and molecular docking studies

Jianpeng Zhang, Yuchan Chen, Xuan Ma, Ziling Tan, Saini Li, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2025, 1345, 143064
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Cytospotones A-D, four new polyketones from the endophytic fungus Cytospora sp. A879

Weipeng Ma, Zhishen Shao, Yuchan Chen, Saini Li, Hongxin Liu, Weimin Zhang and Xiaoxia Gao

Fitoterapia, 2024, 173, 105751
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Anti-inflammatory polyketides from the endophytic fungus Cladosporium pseudocladosporioides A887

Zhishen Shao, Yuchan Chen, Xiaoyi Wei, Saini Li, Fangfang Duan, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Phytochemistry, 2026, 241, 114662
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Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Fungi of the Genus Cytospora Ehrenb. (Ascomycota)

Boris Yotta Kianfé, Joseph Tchamgoue, Abolfazl Narmani, Rémy Bertrand Teponno, André-Ledoux Njouonkou, Marc Stadler and Simeon Fogue Kouam

Molecules, 2023, 28, 3120
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New cytotoxic secondary metabolites against human pancreatic cancer cells from the Hypericum perforatum endophytic fungus Aspergillus terreus

Mengyi Deng, Li Tao, Yuben Qiao, Weiguang Sun, Shuangshuang Xie, Zhengyi Shi, Changxing Qi and Yonghui Zhang

Fitoterapia, 2020, 146, 104685
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Pararorine A, isoindolinone alkaloid from the endophytic fungus Paramyrothecium roridum and its anti-tumor activity

Yuchan Chen, Hongxin Liu, Nuoyi Wang, Haibo Tan and Weimin Zhang

Fitoterapia, 2024, 175, 105931
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Antioxidative Indenone and Benzophenone Derivatives from the Mangrove-Derived Fungus Cytospora heveae NSHSJ-2

Ge Zou, Taobo Li, Wencong Yang, Bing Sun, Yan Chen, Bo Wang, Yanghui Ou, Huijuan Yu and Zhigang She

Marine Drugs, 2023, 21, 181
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Natural Enantiomers: Occurrence, Biogenesis and Biological Properties

Jin-Hai Yu, Zhi-Pu Yu, Robert J. Capon and Hua Zhang

Molecules, 2022, 27, 1279
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Polyketones from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Hongxin Liu, Zhaoming Liu, Yuchan Chen, Haibo Tan, Wenge Zhang and Weimin Zhang

Natural Product Research, 2023, 37, 1053
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Irpexols A-C, xanthone derivatives from the endophyte fungus Irpex laceratus A878

Yuchan Chen, Nuoyi Wang, Weipeng Ma, Wei Gu, Zihuan Sang, Haibo Tan, Weimin Zhang and Hongxin Liu

Fitoterapia, 2024, 175, 105952
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Anti-inflammatory polyketides from the endophytic fungus Talaromyces aculeatus A884

Jianpeng Zhang, Chunan Li, Yuchan Chen, Ziling Tan, Saini Li, Hongxin Liu, Weimin Zhang and Hanjing Yan

Fitoterapia, 2025, 187, 106926
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Bioactive polyketide derivatives from the endophytic fungus Phaeosphaeriopsis musa

Jinqian Zhong, Yuchan Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Caiyun Hu, Saini Li, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Phytochemistry, 2022, 195, 113055
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Antioxidant Aryl-Substituted Phthalan Derivatives Produced by Endophytic Fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Hongxin Liu, Zhaoming Liu, Yanjiang Zhang, Yuchan Chen, Huan Wang, Haibo Tan and Weimin Zhang

Front. Chem., 2022, 10
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Current Trends of Analytical Techniques for Bioactive Terpenoids: A Review

Debashree Debasish Das, Nikita Sharma, Viney Chawla and Pooja A. Chawla

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 54, 2984
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Trichothecene macrolides from the endophytic fungus Paramyrothecium roridum and their cytotoxic activity

Hongxin Liu, Yuchan Chen, Saini Li, Wenge Zhang, Zhaoming Liu, Haibo Tan and Weimin Zhang

Fitoterapia, 2020, 147, 104768
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Two new tetralones from the endophytic fungus Annulohypoxylon stygium A888

Zhi-Shen Shao, Yu-Chan Chen, Wei-Peng Ma, Sai-Ni Li, Hong-Xin Liu, Wei-Min Zhang and Xiao-Ying Chen

Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 2025, 27, 1270
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Four new metabolites from the endophytic fungus Diaporthe lithocarpus A740

Huibo Liu, Yuchan Chen, Haohua Li, Saini Li, Haibo Tan, Zhaoming Liu, Dongli Li, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Fitoterapia, 2019, 137, 104260
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Sesquiterpenes and Steroids from an Endophytic Eutypella scoparia

Wenge Zhang, Xiuxiang Lu, Luqiong Huo, Sha Zhang, Yan Chen, Zhenxing Zou and Haibo Tan

J. Nat. Prod., 2021, 84, 1715
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Tersone A-G, New Pyridone Alkaloids from the Deep-Sea Fungus Phomopsis tersa

Shan-Chong Chen, Zhao-Ming Liu, Hai-Bo Tan, Yu-Chan Chen, Sai-Ni Li, Hao-Hua Li, Heng Guo, Shuang Zhu, Hong-Xin Liu and Wei-Min Zhang

Marine Drugs, 2019, 17, 394
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Secondary Metabolites from the Endophytic Fungus Letendraea helminthicola A820 with Anti‐Inflammatory Activity

Jianpeng Zhang, Ziling Tan, Yuchan Chen, Chunan Li, Saini Li, Hongxin Liu, Weimin Zhang and Hanjing Yan

Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2025, 22
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Phosteoid A, a highly oxygenated norsteroid from the deep-sea-derived fungus Phomopsis tersa FS441

Shanchong Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Yuchan Chen, Haibo Tan, Shuang Zhu, Hongxin Liu and Weimin Zhang

Tetrahedron Letters, 2020, 61, 151555
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Alkyl aromatic derivatives from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Yanjiang Zhang, Hongxin Liu, Yuchan Chen, Zhaoming Liu, Kaidi Qiu, Shanshan Wei, Weimin Zhang and Haibo Tan

J Antibiot, 2023, 76, 121
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2-Pyrones from endophytic fungus Diaporthe foeniculina BZM-15

Zhonghua Yu, Xiuxiang Lu, Jaehyuck Choi, Shulin Deng, Binghong Xiong, Wenge Zhang, Huan Wang, Sasa Wang and Haibo Tan

Natural Product Research, 2022, 36, 4853
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Cytospones E-J from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae

Yanjiang Zhang, Hongxin Liu, Yuchan Chen, Shanshan Wei, Weimin Zhang and Haibo Tan

Fitoterapia, 2022, 163, 105324
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