Macaranga known locally as mahang-mahangan has uniquely ecological function, and also became a part of traditional medicine in Indonesia. Macaranga genus also known as a sources of terpenoid and phenolic (flavonoid) compounds which have biological activity as antioxidant and anticancer (cytotoxicity).There are few phytochemical investigations have been done on M. gigantifolia species. As a part of our continuing research of isolation anticancer compound from natural product, a geranylated flavonoid compound (macarangin) has been isolated from ethyl acetate fraction of Macaranga gigantifolia leaves using chromatography methods. The isolated compund (isolat MG) was elucidated to gain the chemical structure based on spectroscopic data (LC-MS and FT-NMR). Cytotoxicity test of this compound was tested against MCF 7 cell lines, showed that macarangin has a potential activity with IC 50 value 119.12μg/mL.

Natural product, 2'-hydroxy-1'-(4-hydroxyl-5-methoxy-2-methyl-phenyl)-ethanon, (1), was isolated from the thalli lichen Usnea flexuosa Tayl. together with the known (-) - usnic acid (2). The structure of compounds 1 and 2 were determined by the spectroscopic studies.

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Annonaceous acetogenin was extracted from Annona squamosa (Srikaya) seeds. It has cytotoxic activity against cancer cells and lower toxicity compared to other cancer drugs. Endophyte from Annonaceae is expected to have similar extracted metabolites to the host, thus increasing the economic value. This research is a preliminary study to obtain active compounds with potential as anti-cancer agents from endophytic fungi of Srikaya plants. Four endophytic fungal strains were isolated from Srikaya plants (Annona squamosa) and identified based on 28S rDNA sequence. The isolates are SKY II.3.1, SKY I.1.2, SKY II.3.2, and SKY III.3.1, and have similarity with Fusarium sp Vega760, Fusarium sp NRRL 22354 NRRL223, Nectria rigidiuscula, and Fusarium sp BOL35, respectively. The identified isolates were fermented in liquid media for three weeks. The liquid and mycelium were extracted using ethyl acetate. Whole extract of each fermented isolate was partitioned and evaporated to obtain ethyl acetate extract. Cytotoxicity assay of ethyl acetate extract was carried out at level 100 ppm by Methyl Thyazole Tetrazolium (MTT) viability test towards MCF-7 (breast cancer cell). The result indicated that each ethyl acetate extract could inhibit the viability of cell MCF-7 with 11.34, 99.78, 91.48, and 96.84%, for SKY II.3.1, SKY I.1.2, SKY II.3.2, and SKY III.3.1, respectively. Based on the results of cytotoxicity assay on MCF-7 breast cancer cells, endophytic fungi isolates SKY I.1.2, SKY II.3.2, and SKY III.3.1 are potential as sources of anti-breast cancer compounds

Several endophytic fungal strains from Srikaya plants (Annona squamosa L.) have been isolated and one of them was identified as Penicillium sp. Penicillium has been proven as an established source for a wide array of unique bioactive secondary metabolites that exhibit a variety of biological activities. The aim of this study is isolation of secondary metabolite from Penicillium, an endophytic of A. squamosa L. Penicillium sp. from endophytic of A. squamosa L. was fermented in Wicherham media. The whole extract from both liquid media and mycelium was partitioned by ethyl acetate and evaporated to obtain crude ethyl acetate extract. The ethyl acetate extract was then brokedown using column chromatography with silica as stationary phase and mixture of ethyl acetate/methanol (98%:2%) as mobile phase and then was separated by sephadex column. Structure elucidation of isolated compounds were mainly done by analysis of one and two dimensional NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) data and supported by HPLC (High performance Liquid Chromatography) and MS-TOF (Mass Spectrometer-Time of Flight). Isolated secondary metabolites were tested using in vitro assays for anticancer and antimicrobial activity. For anticancer activity, the metabolites were tested against breast cancer cells (MCF-7) using MTT assay, while for antimicrobial activity was performed using disk diffusion assays. From these physical, chemical and spectral evidences that the secondary metabolites were confirmed as Chrysogine and Meleagrine. Chrysogine and Meleagrine have no activity as anticancer and antimicrobial.