Lucidumones B-H, racemic meroterpenoids that inhibit tumor cell migration from Ganoderma lucidum.

Abstract Seven new meroterpenoids, lucidumones B-H (1 and 3–8), along with one known meroterpenoid (2), were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum. The structures of the new compounds were assigned by spectroscopic and computational methods. All the isolated compounds were tested for their inhibition on human cancer cell migration. It was found that compounds (–)-1, (+)-2, (–)-4, (+)-6, and (+)-8 could significantly inhibit cell migration in KYSE30 cell line. Further examination disclosed that cell migration inhibition of (+)-6 and (+)-8 might be related with downregulation of N-cadherin.