title: Novel hydroquinone as a matrix metallo-proteinase inhibitor from the mushroom, Piptoporus betulinus.
abstract: The novel hydroquinone, (E)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butenyl)-hydroquinone, and known compound, polyporenic acid C, were isolated as matrix metallo-proteinase inhibitors from the mushroom, Piptoporus betulinus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. achkawa@agr.shizuoka.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawagishi
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamajima
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007810:Lanosterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D061965:Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: C476267:2-(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butenyl)hydroquinone; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D006873:Hydroquinones; D061965:Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors; D007810:Lanosterol; C476268:polyporenic acid C; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases