Phytochemistry

Glucosylation of isomeric hydroxybenzoic acids by cell suspension cultures of Mallotus japonicus

S Tanaka, K Hayakawa, Y Umetani, M Tabata

Index: Tanaka, Shigeo; Hayakawa, Keiko; Umetani, Yasuko; Tabata, Mamoru Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1990 , vol. 29, # 5 p. 1555 - 1558

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Abstract

Abstract Cultured cells of Mallotus japonicus converted exogenous o-hydroxybenzoic acid into its O-glucoside after a lag period of 8 hr during which time the aglycone was taken up rapidly by the cells, partly excreted and then re-absorbed. The glucosylation of the aglycone into oO-β-d-glucosylbenzoic acid began almost simultaneously with the induction of glucosyltransferase activity, and ca 78% of the aglycone administered was transformed ...