Triterpenoids and steroids from the fruiting bodies of and their cytotoxicity.

One new triterpenoid, hexagonin F () was characterized from the fruiting bodies of with the assistance of spectroscopic and spectrometric analytical methods. In addition, two triterpenoids and two steroids were also identified by comparison of their physical and spectroscopic data with those reported. The purified compounds were examined for their cytotoxicity against five tumor cell lines, however, only weak cytotoxicity was demonstrated.