A. Bosser et al., A SIMPLE WAY TO (+ -)-DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE FROM BETA-IONONE RELATED TO THE ENZYMATIC COOXIDATION OF BETA-CAROTENE IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTION/, Biotechnology progress, 11(6), 1995, pp. 689-692
In a previous paper (Bosser and Belin, 1994), it was shown that the co
-oxidation of beta-carotene (BC) by xanthine olridase in aqueous solut
ions at 37 degrees C led to beta-ionone, epoxy-5,6-beta-ionone, and di
hydroactinidiolide (DHA). We explain in this article the pathways betw
een the ionone derivatives, and the respective places of each volatile
compound in the enzymatic bleaching of BC are discussed. We also prop
ose a simple synthetic way to DHA from commercially available beta-ion
one.