Biosynthesis of naphthoqinones and anthraquinones in streptocarpus dunnii cell cultures

K Inoue, S Ueda, H Nayeshiro, N Moritome, H Inouye

Index: Inoue, Kenichiro; Ueda, Shinichi; Nayeshiro, Hidekazu; Moritome, Nobuharu; Inouye, Hiroyuki Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1984 , vol. 23, # 2 p. 313 - 318

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Abstract

Abstract Administration of p13 C-and p2 H-labelled precursors to Streptocarpus dunnii cell cultures demonstrated that the naphthoquinones formed through aunique prenylation mode are biosynthesized via 4-(2'-carboxyphenyl)-4-oxobutanoic acid, 1, 4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, lawsone and lawsone 2-prenyl ether, and that the anthraquinones are biosynthesized through prenylation of 2-carboxy-4-oxo-1-tetralone at the carboxy-bearing carbon atom to ...