Structures of new ceramides from the fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa.

Grifola frondosa

Immune support

SpeciesMaitake, Hen of the Woods

JournalChemical & pharmaceutical bulletin

Year2000

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Four new phytosphingosine-type ceramides, (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxydocosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadecane triol (1), (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxytricosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadecan etriol (2), (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxypentacosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadec anetriol (3) and (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxyhexacosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadeca netriol (4), have been isolated from the fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa
The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data

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Citation abstract

Four new phytosphingosine-type ceramides, (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxydocosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadecane triol (1), (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxytricosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadecan etriol (2), (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxypentacosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadec anetriol (3) and (2S,3S,4R)-2-[(2'R)-2'-hydroxyhexacosanoylamino]-1,3,4-octadeca netriol (4), have been isolated from the fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data.

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Yaoita Y, Ishizuka T, Kakuda R, Machida K, Kikuchi M (2000). Structures of new ceramides from the fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa. Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.48.1356 PMID: 10993238

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