Boletocrocin is any one of a group of seven closely related organic compounds, individually named boletocrocin A through boletrocrocin G. These compounds are polyene dicarboxylic acids that include both lipophilic and polar amino acids. They were extracted from the brightly colored mushrooms Boletus laetissimus and B. rufoaureus. The boletocrocins' conjugated systems account for the intense color.
Related biological pigments are present in other fungi, such as calostomal (from Calostoma cinnabarinum), melanocrocin (from Melanogaster broomeianus), and mycenaaruin A (from Mycena aurantiomarginata).
References
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- ^ Kahner L, Dasenbrock J, Spiteller P, Steglich W, Marumoto R, Spiteller M (1998). "Polyene pigments from fruit-bodies of boletus laetissimus and B. rufo-aureus (basidiomycetes)". Phytochemistry. 49 (6): 1693–1697. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00319-7. PMID 11711083.
- Gruber G, Steglich W (2007). "Calostomal, a polyene pigment from the gasteromycete Calostoma cinnabarinum (Boletales)" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 62 (1): 129–131. doi:10.1515/znb-2007-0120. S2CID 28501033.
- Aulinger K, Besl H, Spiteller P, Spiteller M, Steglich W (2001). "Melanocrocin, a polyene pigment from Melanogaster broomeianus (Basidiomycetes)". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 56 (7–8): 495–498. doi:10.1515/znc-2001-7-803. PMID 11531079. S2CID 41177931.
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