Carbohydrate research

Synthesis of feruloylated and p-coumaroylated methyl glycosides

RF Helm, J Ralph, RD Hatfield

Index: Helm, Richard F.; Ralph, John; Hatfield, Ronald D. Carbohydrate Research, 1992 , vol. 229, # 1 p. 183 - 194

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Abstract

There has been an expansion of the research effort directed at discerning the role of hydroxycinnamic acids in plant cell-wall development and degradation lm5. It is weli documented that ferulic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-trans-cinnamic acid) and p-coumaric acid (4-hydroxy-trans-cinnamic acid) are esterified to the primary position of cu-L- arabinofuranosyl units of arabinoxylans in plants of the Gramineae6-9. Ferulic acid has ...