Polyene pigments from fruit-bodies of boletus laetissimus and B. rufo-aureus (basidiomycetes)

Phytochemistry. 1998 Nov 20;49(6):1693-1697. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00319-7.

Abstract

From fruit-bodies of the Japanese mushroom Boletus laetissimus two polyene pigments boletocrocin A and B were isolated and their structures determined by spectroscopic methods. The compounds represent diamides of hexadecaheptaenedioic acid with isoleucine and either aspartic acid or asparagine. The L-configuration of the amino acids was established after acid hydrolysis. The structures of five structurally related minor pigments were elucidated by LC-ESIMS.