1997 Volume 50 Issue 10 Pages 833-839
Seven new phthalide compounds with anti-Helicobacter pylori activities were isolated from the basidiomycete Phanerochaete velutina CL6387, The two most potent phthalide compounds, CJ-12, 954 and CJ-13, 014, have MICs of 5ng/ml. The structure-activity relationship shows that the presence of a spiroketal part in addition to the phthalide part, greatly enhances the activity. The phthalide compounds appear to be specific for H. pylori, since they did not show antibacterial activities when tested against a panel of other microorganisms.