Poisonous mushrooms as a resource of biomedical application

  • Katsuhiro Konno (Center for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute, So Paulo, Brazil) ;
  • Kim, iko-Hashimoto (Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan) ;
  • Haruhisa Shirahama (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan)
  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

Poisonous mushrooms have attracted much attention of scientists because of the unique chemical structures and the remarkable biological properties of their toxic components. A wide range of compounds has been characterized as toxic principles, and some of them have widened the horizons of chemical and biological research. Therefore, poisonous mushrooms can serve for a resource of biomedical application. We will describe the recent progress of such aspect of poisonous mushrooms.

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