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. 2022 Jan 8;20(1):58. doi: 10.3390/md20010058

Table 4.

Antiviral marine xanthone.

Name Activity Source Ref.
Norlichexanthone (17) EV71 (IC50 = 40.3 μM) Stachybotry sp. (ZSDS1F1-2) isolated from a sponge collected at Xisha Island [34]
HIV-1-RT (82.9% inhibition at 66 μg mL−1) Enteromorpha sp. collected at Fehmarn Island [81]
2,3,6,8-Tetrahydroxy-1-methylxanthone (28) HIV-1-RT (82.2% inhibition at 66 μg mL−1)
3,8-Dihydroxy-6-methyl-9- oxo-9H-xanthene-1-carboxylate (33) H1N1 (A/Puerto Rico/8/34 H274Y) (IC50 = 9.40 ± 1.96 µM); H1N1 (A/FM-1/1/47) (IC50 = 4.80 ± 1.28 µM); H3N2 (A/Aichi/2/68) (IC50 = 5.12 ± 1.49 µM) Diaporthe sp. (SCSIO 41011), isolated from Rhizophora stylosa [88]
Methyl-(2-chloro-l,6-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone)-8-carboxylate (34) H1N1 (IC50 = 133.4 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 55.5 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 = 175.5 µM) Aspergillus iizukae collected from coastal saline soil [89]
Methyl-(4-chloro-l,6-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone)-8-carboxylate (35) H1N1 (IC50 = 44.6 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 21.4 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 = 76.7 µM)
Methyl-(4-chloro-6-hydroxy-1-methoxy-3-methylxanthone)-8-carboxylate (36) H1N1 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 139.4 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM)
Methyl-(6-hydroxy-1-methoxy-3-methylxanthone)-8-carboxylate (37) H1N1 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 157.7 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 = 163.3 µM)
4-Chloro-1,6-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone-8-carboxylic acid (38) H1N1 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 183.3 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM)
2,4-Dichloro-1,6-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone-8-carboxylic acid (39) H1N1 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 144.4 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 ≥ 200 µM)
Methyl-(l,6-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone)-8-carboxylate (40) H1N1 (IC50 = 140.4 µM); HSV-1 (IC50 = 75.7 µM); HSV-2 (IC50 = 95.4 µM)
2-Hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-8-methoxy-3-methyl-9H-xanthen-9- one (41) H1N1 (A/PuertoRico/8/34) (IC50 = 4.70 ± 1.11 µM); H1N1 (A/FM-1/1/47) (IC50 = 4.04 ± 0.58 µM) Aspergillus sydowii (SCSIO 41.301) isolated from Phakellia fusca [90]
2-Hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-7,8-dimethoxy-3-methyl-9H- xanthen-9-one (42) H1N1 (A/PuertoRico/8/34) (IC50 = 2.17 ± 1.39 µM)
Sterigmatocystin A (110) HSV-2 (IC50 = 47.11 µM) Aspergillus versicolor (15XS43ZD-1) strain was isolated from sponge collected from Xisha Islands, China [91]
Sterigmatocystin B (111) HSV-2 (IC50 = 39.45 µM)
Sterigmatocystin C (112) HSV-2 (IC50 = 38.73 µM)
Asperxanthone (113) Tobacco mosaic virus: inhibitory rate 62.9% Aspergillus sp. collected in Quan-Zhou Gulf [92]
Epiremisporine B (121) EV71 (IC50 = 19.8 μM); H3N2 (IC50 = 24.1 μM) Penicillium sp. (SCSIO Ind16F01) isolated from sediment collected in the Indian Ocean [47]
Penicillixanthone A (154) HIV-1 (SF162) (10 μM, 90.86 ± 0.82%); HIV-1 (CCR5-tropic) (IC50 = 0.36 µM); HIV-1 (CXCR4-tropic) (IC50 = 0.26 µM) Aspergillus fumigates isolated from a jellyfish [93]

EV71: Enterovirus 71; H1N1: Influenza A virus subtype H1N1; H3N2: Influenza A virus subtype H3N2; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HSV: herpes simplex virus; IC50: Half maximal inhibitory concentration; RT: Reverse-transcriptase.