Abstract
A new alkaloid, namely laccarin A (1), along with four known alkaloids, laccarin (2), adenosine (3), indole-3-carboxaldehyde (4) and nicotinamide (5), was isolated from the fungus Lactarius subplinthogalus.The structure of laccarin A (1) was established mainly by spectroscopic methods.
Acknowledgements
Financial supports of the National Scientific Foundation (30025044) and the foundation from the Ministry of Science and Technology (2002CB512807) are gratefully acknowledged. We thank Prof. Zang Mu of Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, for identification of the fungus material.