Occurrence of a high concentration of spider pheromones in the ascomycete fungus Hypoxylon truncatum

J Nat Prod. 2003 Dec;66(12):1613-4. doi: 10.1021/np030185y.

Abstract

A large amount of sex pheromones of the European spider Linyphia triangularis, 3R-hydroxybutyric acid (1), its dimer 3R-(3R-hydroxybutyryloxy)butyric acid (2), and trimer 3R-[3R-(3R-hydroxybutyryloxy)butyryloxy]butyric acid (3) were isolated from the EtOAc extract of the Japanese inedible mushroom Hypoxylon truncatum.

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Butyrates / chemistry
  • Butyrates / isolation & purification*
  • Butyrates / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Hydroxy Acids
  • Japan
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sex Attractants* / chemistry
  • Sex Attractants* / isolation & purification
  • Sex Attractants* / physiology
  • Spiders / physiology*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • 3R-(3R-(3R-hydroxybutyryloxy)butyryloxy)butyric acid
  • 3R-(3R-hydroxybutyryloxy)butyric acid
  • 3R-hydroxybutyric acid
  • Butyrates
  • Hydroxy Acids
  • Sex Attractants