The microbial oxidation of (-)-beta-pinene by Botrytis cinerea

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Farooq A., Choudhary M., Tahara S., Atta-ur-Rahman A., Baser K., DEMİRCİ F.

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES, vol.57, no.7-8, pp.686-690, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 7-8
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/znc-2002-7-823
  • Journal Name: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.686-690
  • Keywords: microbial transformation, (-)-beta-pinene, Botrytis cinerea, ALPHA-PINENE, BETA-PINENE, BIOTRANSFORMATION, HYDROXYLATION, METABOLISM, FUNGUS, PINANE
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

(-)-beta-pinene, a flavor and fragrance monoterpene is an important constituent of essential oils of many aromatic plants. It was oxidized by a plant-pathogenic fungus, Botrytis cinerea to afford four metabolites characterized as (-)-6alpha-hydroxy-beta-pinene, (-)-4beta,5beta-dihydroxy-beta-pinene, (-)-2beta,3beta-dihydroxypinane, and (-)-4beta-hydroxy-beta-pinene-6-one by detailed spectroscopic studies along with other known metabolites.