Lilacinone, a red aminobenzoquinone pigment from Lactarius lilacinus.
A red pigment, lilacinone (1), was isolated from fruit bodies of the toadstool Lactarius lilacinus. Its structure was established by 2D NMR and APCIMS methods. Compound 1 is a novel type of fungal aminobenzoquinone pigment and may be biosynthetically derived from three molecules of anthranilic acid.
Department Chemie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, D-81377 München, Germany.
Peter
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Spiteller
Norbert
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Arnold
Michael
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Spiteller
Wolfgang
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Steglich
D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005858:Germany; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D016227:Benzoquinones; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C458538:blennione; C481360:lilacinone; D062367:ortho-Aminobenzoates