Erinacine S, a Rare Sesterterpene from the Mycelia of Hericium erinaceus

J Nat Prod. 2016 Feb 26;79(2):438-41. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00474. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

Abstract

A new sesterterpene, erinacine S, and one cyathane diterpene xyloside, erinacine A, were isolated from the ethanol extract of the mycelia of Hericium erinaceus. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and X-ray analysis. A 30-day oral course of erinacines A and S attenuated Aβ plaque burden in the brains of 5-month-old female APP/PS1 transgenic mice. Moreover, erinacines A and S significantly increased the level of insulin-degrading enzyme in cerebral cortex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basidiomycota / chemistry*
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Insulysin / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycelium / chemistry
  • Sesterterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesterterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Sesterterpenes
  • cyathane
  • erinacine A
  • erinacine S
  • Insulysin