“…The absolute configurations of 139 and 140 were established by comparison of experimental ECD spectra with those of melleolide D ( 81 ) and TDDFT calculated data, respectively [ 51 , 83 ]. A52a ( 135 ), A52b ( 136 ), 1- O -formyl-10-dehydroxy-melleolide B ( 137 ), 10-oxo-melleolide B ( 138 ) and armilliphatic A ( 140 ) were investigated for cytotoxicity against several cell lines where 138 was found to be non-cytotoxic (IC 50 > 40 µM) [ 51 , 69 , 85 ]. Aryl esters 135 – 137 and 140 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against HL-60 (IC 50 17.06, 17.79, 14.50, 15.80 µM), SMMC-7721 (IC 50 17.77, 20.90, 23.16, 19.42 µM), A-549 (IC 50 15.89, 16.79, 18.41, 15.93 µM), MCF7 (IC 50 14.10, 16.49, 5.34, 19.22 µM) and SW480 (IC 50 15.70, 17.44, 10.77, 23.03 µM) cell lines [ 51 , 69 , 85 ].…”