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<p>Basidiomycetes<br />Indoleacetic acid<br />Paper chromatography</p>

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Transformations Of Tryptamine And Tryptophan By Basidiomycetes, Hsaio-Lung Cheng Jan 1965

Transformations Of Tryptamine And Tryptophan By Basidiomycetes, Hsaio-Lung Cheng

Masters Theses

"The product formed from tryptamine by Trichloloma nudum was identified as indoleacetic acid (IAA) and from tryptophan by Cantharellus cibrarius as indolelactic acid (ILA). The products were extracted from the spent media with organic solvents. Purification and identification of the crystalline transformation products were accomplished by means of paper chromatography, spectrophotometry and thin layer chromatography.

The conversion of tryptamine and tryptophan was also studied in cultures of Lencopaxillus paradoxus, Pluteus granularis and Pleuatus ostreatus. Only Pluteus granularis was found to transform tryptamine into IAA. Lencopaxillus paradoxus transformed tryptamine into oxindoleacetic acid (OIAA).

Paper chromatography proved to be useful …