Five products were yielded from the transformation of (-)-Huperzine A (1) by Streptomyces griseus CACC 200300. Their structures were determined as 16-hydroxyl huperzine A (2), 14 alpha-hydroxyl huperzine A (3), huperzine A 8 alpha,15 alpha-epoxide (4), 13N-formyl huperzine A (5). and 13N-acetyl huperzine A (6) on the basis of their chemical and physical data. It is the first report on the microbial transformation of (-)-Huperzine A and would facilitate further structural modification by chemo-enzymatic method. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Five products were yielded from the transformation of (-)-Huperzine A (1) by Streptomyces griseus CACC 200300. Their structures were determined as 16-hydroxyl huperzine A (2), 14 alpha-hydroxyl huperzine A (3), huperzine A 8 alpha,15 alpha-epoxide (4), 13N-formyl huperzine A (5). and 13N-acetyl huperzine A (6) on the basis of their chemical and physical data. It is the first report on the microbial transformation of (-)-Huperzine A and would facilitate further structural modification by chemo-enzymatic method. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.