Planta Med 1964; 12(4): 397-402
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1100193
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INVESTIGATION OF THE ALKALOIDS OF AMANITA SPECIES1 – II. AMANITA. CITRINA AND AMANITA PORPHYRIA

V. E. Tyler Jr. , D. Gröger
  • From the Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen in Halle (Saale) der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
1 Vorgetragen von V. E. Tyler auf der 12. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung in Berlin vom 20.–22. Mai 1964.
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Publication Date:
15 January 2009 (online)

Summary

Bufotenine, bufotenine–N–oxide, serotonin, N–methyl–serotonin, 5–methoxy–N,N–dimethyltryptamine, and N,N–dimethyltryptamine were identified chro–matographically in sporocarp extracts of A. citrina and, with the exception of N,N–dimethyltryptamine, in similar extracts of A. porphyria. Surface cultures of A. citrina were found to be capable of biosynthesizing bufotenine, small quantities of the alkaloid being detected in the mycelium and the culture medium.

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