ERGOSTA-4,6,8,22-TETRAEN-3-ONE FROM THE EDIBLE FUNGUS, PLEUROTUS-OSTREATUS (OYSTER FUNGUS)

Authors
CHOBOT V OPLETAL L JAHODAR L PATEL AV DACKE CG BLUNDEN G
Citation
V. Chobot et al., ERGOSTA-4,6,8,22-TETRAEN-3-ONE FROM THE EDIBLE FUNGUS, PLEUROTUS-OSTREATUS (OYSTER FUNGUS), Phytochemistry, 45(8), 1997, pp. 1669-1671
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
45
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1669 - 1671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1997)45:8<1669:EFTEFP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
From extracts of the dried oyster fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, three s teroidal fractions were obtained. The major fraction was proved to;be ergosterol and the second a mixture:of two fatty;acid esters of ergost erol which could not be fully resolved. The minor fraction contained e rgosta-4,6,8,22-tetraen-3-one, which has not been recorded previously. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.