PubMed · 1990 · 15 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryMicrobiologyDrug DiscoveryMycologyStructure-activity RelationshipsAlkaloid BiosynthesisAromatic PlantsMedicinal PlantsPlant AlkaloidsPyrrole Chemistry
Two novel pyrrole alkaloids--ganoine and ganodine and a novel purine alkaloid ganoderpurine have been isolated from the mycelium of Ganoderma capense (Lloyd)Teng (Polyporaceae) obtained by submerged fermentation. On the basis of spectroscopic data their structures were elucidated, ganoine is N-isopentyl-5-hydroxymethyl-pyrryl alldehyde. Ganodine is N-phenylethyl-5-hydroxymethyl-pyrryl aldehyde and ganoderpurine is N9-(alpha, alpha dimethyl-gamma-oxobutyl) adenine.