Chemical constitutents and cytotoxicity of some Tanzanian wild mushrooms

Authors

  • V. Nyigo Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • L. D. Baraza Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • M. H. H. Nkunya Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • S. J. M. Mdachi Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • C. C. Joseph Department of Chemistry, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35061, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • A. Waziri

Abstract

The sterol ergosterol and ergosta-4,22-diene-3β,7α-diol, together with 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde were isolated from the mushroom species Polyporus molluscensis, Cantharellus isabelinus, C. symoensii and a Podaxis species. Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic data. The ethanol extracts of mushroom samples of Agaricus sp. and Termitomyces letestui also showed cytotoxicity against the brine shrimp larvae.

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2021-04-18

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2005)

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