Mycelium

Receptor

Biology

Microbiology

Gene

Raw material

Ecology

Isolation (microbiology)

Erinaceus

Nerve growth factor

Hericium erinaceus

Hedgehog

Botany

Biochemistry

Mycology&#58 An International Journal on Fungal Biology

This review surveys the chemical and biological literature dealing with the isolation, structural elucidation and bioactivity of hericenones and erinacines from the fruiting body and mycelium of Hericium erinaceus, concentrating on work that has appeared in the literature up to December 2009.

Hericenones and erinacines: stimulators of nerve growth factor (NGF) biosynthesis in<i>Hericium erinaceus</i>

Hericenones and erinacines: stimulators of nerve growth factor (NGF) biosynthesis inHericium erinaceus