title: Polyisoprenoid alcohols from the mushroom Lentinus edodes.
abstract: Lipids extracted from the shiitake mushroom Lentinus edodes contain dolichols composed of 15 up to 19 isoprene units with Dol-17 as the dominating prenologue. Identification of dolichols was achieved by the application of 2D-TLC, HPLC and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Additionally a family of polyprenols (alpha-unsaturated counterparts) with the same chain-length was also detected. Dolichols comprised approximately 0.002% of the fresh weight of the mushroom. Dolichols accompanied by traces of polyprenols are for the first time found in the mushroom tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Lipid Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, Warsaw 02-106, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojtas
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bieñkowski
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tateyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sagami
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chojnacki
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danikiewicz
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swiezewska
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D059808:Polyphenols; D020942:Shiitake Mushrooms / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D005419:Flavonoids; D007477:Ions; D008055:Lipids; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols