Cycloechinulin

Description: Cycloechinulin, a diketopiperazine fungal metabolite originally isolated from A. ochraceus, reduces weight gain of corn earworms by 33% compared to controls when administered at a dietary dose of 100 ppm. Target: Others. Smiles: COc1ccc2c3\C=C4/N(\C=C/C(C)(C)c3[nH]c2c1)C(=O)[C@H](C)NC4=O. References: de Guzman, F.S., and Gloer, J.B. New diketopiperazine metabolites from the sclerotia of Aspergillus ochraceus. J. Nat. Prod. 55(7), 931-939 (1992).