Primary and secondary metabolites of an European edible mushroom and its nutraceutical value: Suillus bellinii (Inzenga) Kuntze. Issue 16 (18th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Venditti, Alessandro; Frezza, Claudio; Sciubba, Fabio; Serafini, Mauro; Bianco, Armandodoriano
• Is Part Of: Natural product research. Volume 31:Issue 16(2017)
• Page Start: 1910
• Page End: 1919
• Publication Date: 2017-08-18
• Subjects: Suillus bellinii (Inzenga) Kuntze -- primary metabolites -- secondary metabolites -- meroterpene -- essential amino acids -- pre-vitamin D2; Natural products -- Periodicals; Natural products -- Research -- Periodicals; Biological Factors -- Periodicals; Biological Products -- Periodicals; 547
• DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2016.1267731
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1478-6419

Abstract

Abstract: In this work, we report the study on the composition in primary and secondary metabolites of the polar and less-polar fractions obtained from the fruiting bodies of Suillus bellinii (Inzenga) Kuntze collected from Central Italy. Thirteen compounds were identified through a series of classical chromatographic methods and through spectroscopic techniques (nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS)), namely suillin (1 ), ergosterol (2 ), glutamic acid (3 ), isoleucine (4 ), leucine (5 ), threonine (6 ), tyrosine (7 ), valine (8 ), D-mannitol (9 ), sucrose (10 ), D-sorbitol (11 ), fumaric acid (12 ) and alanine (13 ). These results allowed us to make specific considerations about the possible applications of this mushroom, which vary from medicine, due to the high cytotoxic and antitumor properties of suillin (1 ), to nutritional values, due to the presence of essential nutrients as amino acids and pre-vitamin D2 (ergosterol), together with low-calories sweeteners, confirming the close association between the identified components and the health-promoting properties of this species. Abstract :