Extraction and analysis of indole derivatives from fungal biomass

✍ Scribed by Dr. habil. Jochen Gartz

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 599 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0233-111X
• DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620340104

✦ Synopsis

The occurrence and extraction of indole derivatives in six species from four genera of higher fungi were investigated. By using pure methanol for extraction of the mushrooms analysis revealed the highest concentrations of psilocybin and baeocystin. The psilocin content of the species was higher by using aqueous solutions of alcohols than with methanol alone but was an artificial phenomenon caused by enzymatic destruction of psilocybin. The extraction with dilute acctic acid yielded better results than with thc water coritaining alcohols.

The simple one-step procedure with methanol for the quantitative extraction is still the safest method to obtain the genuine alkaloids from fungal biomass.