title: Secondary metabolite production by the basidiomycete, Lentinus strigellus, under different culture conditions.
abstract: The basidiomycete Lentinus strigellus was cultivated in three different culture media and the secondary metabolites produced under different culture conditions were isolated and identified. When cultivated in a liquid medium with peptone, L. strigellus afforded the benzopyrans, 2,2-dimethyl-6-methoxychroman-4-one, 4-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-6-methoxychromane and (3R,4S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-6-methoxychromane. The indole alkaloid echinuline and the anthraquinone fiscione, both unprecedented for the genus Lentinus, were isolated from the mycelium of the fungus. When cultured in Czapek medium enriched with potato broth, the fungus afforded the same benzopyrans except (3S,4S)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-6-methoxychromane. Panepoxydone and isopanepoxydone were also isolated when the microorganism was grown in Czapek medium.
authors: Instituto Federal do Piauí, Rua Francisco Urquiza Machado, 462, 64800-000, Floriano-PI, Brazil.
authors: Bartholomeu A
authors: BA
authors: Barros-Filho
authors: Maria C F
authors: MC
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Jair
authors: J
authors: Mafezoli
authors: Francisco G
authors: FG
authors: Barbosa
authors: Edson
authors: E
authors: Rodrigues-Filho
mesh_terms: D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D020074:Lentinula / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure