title: Mercaptan-capturing properties of mushrooms.
abstract: Mercaptan-capturing properties of 33 kinds of mushrooms were measured. The mushrooms having a high capturing ability toward methyl mercaptan (MeSH) were Agaricus bisporus, A. campestris, Boletus fraternus, B. subvelutipes, Gyrodon lividus, Leccinum scabrum, Suillus grevillei, Morchella esculenta, Russula nigricans, Hypholoma sublateritium, and Lyophyllum sykosporum. These are liable to change their color when injured. The mixture of their acetone powders, which contain polyphenol oxidases, and phenolic compounds such as tyrosine, gamma-L-glutaminyl-4-hydroxybenzene (GHB), DOPA, variegatic acid, grevillin B and C, and pigments, and fluorescent compounds from H. sublateritium also showed high MeSH-capturing properties. 2,5-Bis(methylthio)-DOPA was isolated from the reaction mixture of tyrosine and MeSH with tyrosinase, and the existence of 2- and 5-methylthio-DOPAs was also suggested. Furthermore, acetone powders from fruits and vegetables oxidized the above diphenolic compounds to bind MeSH.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. negishi@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013045:Species Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds