title: 3-O-alkyl-D-glucose derivatives induce fruit bodies of Pleurotus ostreatus.
abstract: Amphipathic glucose derivatives 3-O-octyl- and 3-O-decyl-D-glucose were synthesized, and the ability to induce fruit bodies on Pleurotus ostreatus was examined. Surfactants such as CHAPS, CHAPSO, MEGA-8, MEGA-9, and MEGA-10 were also assayed. The result was that both glucose derivatives could stimulate fruiting on P. ostreatus, while none of the surfactants assayed in this study stimulated the fruiting of P. ostreatus. These results suggest that sugar moiety is necessary for amphipathic compounds to work as a fruiting signal for P. ostreatus.
authors.affiliation: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba 305-8687, Japan. ymagae@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Magae
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohara
mesh_terms: D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D048690:Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects*; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002793:Cholic Acids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D013012:Sorbitol; C048531:chapso; C063161:MEGA 8; D005947:Glucose; C028213:3-((3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonium)-1-propanesulfonate