Hericium mushrooms

Alkaloids occur in many other botanical families. Moreover, these alkaloids, derived from L-tryptophan, occur in mushrooms genera Hericium mushrooms (Hericium erinaceum), Psilocybe mushrooms (Psilocybe), Con-ocybe mushrooms (Conocybe), Haymaker s mushrooms (Panaeolus), and Stoparia mushrooms (Stoparia). Hericirine, serotonin, psilocin, and psilocybin are basic alkaloids derived from these mushrooms (Figure 1.19). They... 

C20H28O2. Mr 300.44, yellow syrup, [a]o +87.1° (CH3OH). Biogenetic close relatives are herical as well as sarcodonin and the striatals. C. from the monkey head mushroom (Hericium erinaceum) show anti-ischeraic activities (improvement of cerebral ischemia in rat model). 

Kawagishi, H., Ando, M., Mizuno, T., Yokota, H., and Konish, S. (1990) A Novel Fatty Acid from Mushroom Hericium eri-naceum, Agric. Biol. Chem. 54,1329-1331. 

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