A preparation method of a
diphenyl ether compound and application of the compound as a natural
marine organism antifouling agent. The preparation method is as below: culturing marine
fungus Aspergillus sp. (HM535361) in a
fungus culture medium; conducting
fermentation culture on the fungi in a
fermentation medium; then soaking the
fermentation products with
methanol; conducting decompression concentration to obtain a
methanol crude extract; suspending the extract in water; extracting the extract with
ethyl acetate, conducting vacuum concentration on the extract and conducting
chromatographic separation; and concentrating the eluent to obtain four colorless or light
red oil, 4-methoxycarbonyl-diorcinol, 3, 3 '-O-dimethyl-violaceol-I, cordyolC and diorcinol. The invention provides an environment-friendly natural
marine organism antifouling agent, which is characterized by using the
diphenyl ether compound as an effective ingredient. The antifouling agent can be used for the prevention and treatment of
marine organism biofouling caused by attachment of barnacle
Balanus Amphitrite larvae, and has the advantages of high efficiency and
low toxicity. The
raw material can be obtained from
mass production by fungal fermentation, and is not subjected to
resource constraints; therefore, the invention has wide application prospect.