Résumé
The fruit-bodies of Cortinarius armillatus were investigated for polyols, sugars, phenolic acids, alkaloids and fungal toxins using thin-layer chromatography methods. Arabitol, mannitol, trehalose, fructose, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, choline and cortinarine A were detected from aqueous and methanolic extracts of the mushroom. The fungal toxins, alpha-amanitin, orellanine, muscarine, muscimol and bufotenine were not observed. These chemical investigations and acute toxicity studies in mice supported the non-toxicity of C. armillatus.