Three new polyketide-type antioxidative compounds, cyathusals A (
1), B (
2), and C (
3), and the known pulvinatal (
4)were obtained from the fermented mushroom
Cyathus stercoreus. The structures of the compounds were characterizedon the basis of NMR and mass spectroscopic data. Cyathusals A, B, and C and pulvinatal showed free radical scavengingactivities on the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical with EC
50 values of 41.6, 46.0, 26.6, and 28.6
M,respectively, and on the 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS) cation radical with EC
50 values of7.9, 11.1, 9.1, and 8.4
M, respectively.