The invention discloses a method for preparing diaporthein B and application of the diaporthein B to the preparation of antitumor medicaments. In the method, the diaporthein B with
antitumor activity is separated from a liquid
fermentation culture of a marine
fungus, namely Eutypella scoparia FS26. The method has the advantages that culture conditions are mild, a culture medium is easy to prepare,
fermentation time is short, separation and purification steps are simple, the
mass production can be realized under manual control conditions and the like, and the problem of medicament sources can be solved more conveniently. Through the experiment, IC50 values of the diaporthein B for a
glioma cell SF-268, a
breast cancer cell MCF-7 and a large-
cell lung cancer cell NCI-H460 are 92mu M, 44mu M and 9.9mu M respectively, the diaporthein B has remarkable
antitumor activity, and IC50 values of a
positive control, namely cis-
platinum for the three tumor cell strains are 4.6mu M, 4.1mu M and 3.0mu M respectively. Therefore, a candidate compound is provided for researching and developing novel antitumor medicaments, and a scientific evidence is provided for developing and utilizing natural active substances which are derived from marine microorganisms.