Polyporic acid has some antifungal and antibacterial activity.
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"' Polyporic acid "'is a terphenyl benzoquinone compound first identified by German chemist Stahlschmidt from a inhibits the enzyme dihydroorotate dehydrogenase.
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The toxin was indentified as polyporic acid, a terphenyl compound first identified from a liver and kidney failure; symptoms began about 12 hours after consuming the mushroom.