Fitoterapia. 2001 Dec; 72(8): 858-64.

Armillaramide, a new sphingolipid from the fungus Armillaria mellea.

Gao JM, Yang X, Wang CY, Liu JK.

Laboratory of Phytochemisty, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, PR China.

A new C(18)-phytosphingosine ceramide containing non-hydroxy fatty acid, armillaramide (1), has been isolated together with ergosterol peroxide from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Armillaria mellea. Its structure was established as (2S,3S,4R)-2-hexadecanoylamino-octadecane-1,3,4-triol by spectroscopic and chemical methods.