A review of ergostane and cucurbitane triterpenoids of mushroom origin

Abstract

Ergostane and cucurbitane triterpenoids are relatively rare in mushroom metabolites, and a total of 55 compounds are reported up to May 2013. Many of them exhibited diverse biological properties such as anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic and antioxidative activities. The paper reviewed systematically the isolation, structure elucidation and biological activities of ergostane- and cucurbitane-type triterpenoids from mushroom for the first time.

Keywords::

• ergostane triterpenoids
• cucurbitane triterpenoids
• mushroom

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars (No. 31100012).