Beauvericin A is a cyclodepsipeptide and derivative of beauvericin originally isolated from B. bassiana that has diverse biological activities.1,2,3 It is active against M. tuberculosis (MIC = 25 µg/ml) and P. falciparum (IC50 = 12 µg/ml).2 Beauvericin A is toxic to brine shrimp (LD100 = 32 µg/ml).3
1.Gupta, S., Montillor, C., and Hwang, Y.-S.Isolation of Novel Beauvericin Analogues from the Fungus Beauveria bassianaJ. Nat. Prod.58(5)733-738(1995) 2.Nilanonta, C., Isaka, M., Kittakoop, P., et al.Antimycobacterial and antiplasmodial cyclodepsipeptides from the insect pathogenic fungus Paecilomyces tenuipes BCC 1614Planta Med.66(8)756-758(2000) 3.Shi, S., Li, Y., Ming, Y., et al.Biological activity and chemical composition of the endophytic fungus Fusarium sp. TP-G1 obtained from the root of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et MigoRec. Nat. Prod.12(6)549-556(2018)