Helvetica Chimica Acta

Fermentation of Fragrances: Biotransformation of β??Ionone by Lasiodiplodia theobromae

V Krasnobajew, D Helmlinger

Index: Krasnobajew, Victor; Helmlinger, Daniel Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1982 , vol. 65, # 5 p. 1590 - 1601

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Abstract

Abstract Pre-grown mycelia of Lasiodiplodia theobromae ATCC 28570 transform β-ionone (1) into a large variety of metabolites, by mainly degrading the side-chain of the β-ionone molecule by a C 2-unity. The enzyme system responsible for this degradation is proposed to be an oxygenase, which gives rise to the formation of the main product β-cyclo- homogeraniol (8) in analogy to a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. Further enzymic actions of ...