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Table 2 Constituents of the polar fraction of A. placomyces and A. pseudopratensis (% of the total ion current, GC-MS)

From: GC-MS studies of the chemical composition of two inedible mushrooms of the genus Agaricus

Compound**

Agaricus placomyses (%)

Agariricus pseudopratensis (%)

Alcohols and phenols

  

Ethylene diol

0.1

0.1

1,3-butane diol (96)

1.1

1.6

Phenol

0.6

1.0

Catechol

0.3

1.0

Resorcinol (98)

0.2

-

Hydroquinone

-

1.2

Aminoacids

  

Alanine

1.5

1.3

Glycine (98)

0.2

0.2

Valine (96)

2.8

3.0

Leucine

1.5

2.7

Isoleucine(95)

0.5

1.8

Proline

0.3

0.9

Proline-5-oxo (90)

3.0

4.2

Threonine (95)

0.8

0.6

Phenylalanine

2.5

2.3

Tyrosine

-

1.4

Triptophan

-

1.4

N – containing compounds

  

Urea

29.5

29.0

9-H-purine-6-OH (hypoxanthine)

0.4

-

6-amino-9-β-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-purine (91)

<0.1

-

Uracyl

-

0.1

Xanthine

-

0.1

Acids

  

Butanedioic acid

0.5

1.1

Hydroxy butanedioic acid

1.6

2.6

2-butenedioic acid

0.7

0.6

Glutamic acid

0.4

-

Panthotenic acid

-

0.3

9,12-Octadecadienoic acid

-

0.1

Hexadecanoic acid

-

0.2

H3PO4

1.6

0.9

Sugars and sugar alcohols

  

Glucitol (98)

35.0

10.0

Manitol (98)

-

9.8

Disaccharide

-

1.2

  1. *The ion current generated depends on the characteristics of the compound concerned and is not a true quantification.
  2. ** In parenthesis: extent of matching (as a percentage) of MS data with the literature values, where the matching is not 100%