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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Gorlax]
#19565083 - 02/14/14 07:53 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Mr. Bojangles
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19566257 - 02/14/14 01:00 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I can't find a suitable protein so I'll go with something easier at the moment:

-------------------- "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." Francois-Marie Arouet
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Mr. Bojangles]
#19566471 - 02/14/14 01:58 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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monacolin k
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Gorlax]
#19566541 - 02/14/14 02:14 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'll accept that answer for the chemical, but ya gotta guess the fungus too
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Mr. Bojangles]
#19574344 - 02/16/14 11:12 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Is the chemical Lovastatin and the mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus?
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19574468 - 02/16/14 11:46 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yessir...you are up
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: Mr. Bojangles]
#19574565 - 02/16/14 12:04 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Everyone should feel comfortable asking for hints!
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning] 1
#19574614 - 02/16/14 12:11 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Here's the skeletal image of the same chemical:
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19576729 - 02/16/14 07:37 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint #1: Potent anti-cancer activity
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19576830 - 02/16/14 08:00 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint #2: The fungi above is classified to the Pleosporales order. It is the only species currently in its genus.
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19578750 - 02/17/14 08:35 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint #3: 11
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The Lightning
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19578975 - 02/17/14 09:51 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint #4: Potent angiogenesis inhibitor
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19579823 - 02/17/14 01:28 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint #5: This fungi grows on bamboo
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19580322 - 02/17/14 02:53 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Alright, if no one else is biting…
The chemical is 11,11'-dideoxyverticillin A, and the fungus is Shiraia bambusicola.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: raceme]
#19580548 - 02/17/14 03:30 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well done, good sir!
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19581279 - 02/17/14 05:38 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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I can't post anything for a while. Someone else can go.
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: raceme]
#19581391 - 02/17/14 05:57 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19584075 - 02/18/14 07:00 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hint: It's another fungi that produces an anticancer agent
Edited by The Lightning (02/20/14 08:23 PM)
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19602863 - 02/22/14 05:55 AM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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MachineElf1.618
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Re: Guess That Fungi/Mushroom Chemical!! [Re: The Lightning]
#19608872 - 02/23/14 03:01 PM (9 years, 11 months ago) |
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you got me on this one. i dont know
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