Plant Diversity ›› 2007, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (01): 122-124.

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A New Azulene Pigment from the Fruiting Bodies of the Basidiomycete Lactarius hatsudake (Russulaceae)

FANG Li-Zhen, YANG Wan-Qiu, DONG Ze-Jun, SHAO Hong-Jun, LIU Ji-Kai   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China
  • Received:2006-06-19 Online:2007-02-25 Published:2007-02-25
  • Contact: LIU Ji-Kai

Abstract: A new green azulene- type pigment , was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Lactarius hatsudake together with three red-purple azulene pigments. The structure of the new compound 1 was determined as 1-[ (15 E)-buten-17-one ]-4-methyl-7-isopropylazulene (1) by spectral means including 2D-NMR.

Key words: Lactarius hatsudake

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