Abstract
Oxidases present in plant cultured cells of Catharanthus roseus can hydroxylate saturated centers of natural products without double bond activation. When starting materials were 1,8- or 1,4-cineole, secondary and tertiary alcohols were produced and identified using NMR and mass spectroscopy. Our results indicate that hydroxylation position and stereochemistry are determined by the biotransformation organism.
Keywords: 1,8-cineole, catharanthus roseus, biotransformation organism
Letters in Organic Chemistry
Title: Enzymatic Oxidation of 1,4- and 1,8-Cineole using Plant Cultured Cells of Catharanthus Roseus
Volume: 1 Issue: 2
Author(s): Hiroki Hamada, Kohji Ishihara, Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Hatsuyuki Hamada, Howard J. Williams and Alastair I. Scott
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Keywords: 1,8-cineole, catharanthus roseus, biotransformation organism
Abstract: Oxidases present in plant cultured cells of Catharanthus roseus can hydroxylate saturated centers of natural products without double bond activation. When starting materials were 1,8- or 1,4-cineole, secondary and tertiary alcohols were produced and identified using NMR and mass spectroscopy. Our results indicate that hydroxylation position and stereochemistry are determined by the biotransformation organism.
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Hamada Hiroki, Ishihara Kohji, Nakajima Nobuyoshi, Hamada Hatsuyuki, Williams J. Howard and Scott I. Alastair, Enzymatic Oxidation of 1,4- and 1,8-Cineole using Plant Cultured Cells of Catharanthus Roseus, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2004; 1 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178043488455
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178043488455 |
Print ISSN 1570-1786 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6255 |
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