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  2. Illudin S, the sole antiviral compound in mature fruiting bodies of Omphalotus illudens

Illudin S, the sole antiviral compound in mature fruiting bodies of Omphalotus illudens

  • J Nat Prod. 2003 Sep;66(9):1257-8. doi: 10.1021/np030205w.
Virginia K B Lehmann 1 Audris Huang Sandra Ibanez-Calero G R Wilson Kenneth L Rinehart
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. [email protected]
Abstract

Crude extracts from the fruiting bodies of Omphalotus illudens displayed activity in the HSV-I/CV-1 Antiviral assay. Bioactivity-guided isolation led to the known compound illudin S (1) as the sole Antiviral component present in these extracts.

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