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Deoxyfusapyrone is an α-pyrone fungal metabolite originally isolated from F. semitectum and has antifungal activity. It is active against C. neoformans, A. fumigatus, A. niger, and A. flavus human mycoses (MICs = 1.56-6.25 μg/ml). Deoxyfusapyrone is also active against a variety of filamentous fungi, but not yeast or the bacterium B. megaterium, in a disc assay.

Deoxyfusapyrone is a broad spectrum antifungal metabolite isolated from several Fusarium species, first reported in 1994. Deoxyfusapyrone exhibits low zoo-toxicity as evidenced by a lack of toxicity against Artemia salina and is a useful candidate for control of postharvest crop diseases. Like the related fusapyrone, its mechanism of action is unknown and its structure was revised in 2006.

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[1] CLAUDIO ALTOMARE. Biological Characterization of Fusapyrone and Deoxyfusapyrone, Two Bioactive Secondary Metabolites of Fusarium semitectum[J]. Journal of Natural Products , 2000, 63 8: 1131-1135. DOI: 10.1021/np000023r