TRANSFORMATION OF GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID BY ASPERGILLUS SPP

Authors
YAMADA Y NAKAMURA A YAMAMOTO K KIKUZAKI H
Citation
Y. Yamada et al., TRANSFORMATION OF GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID BY ASPERGILLUS SPP, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(2), 1994, pp. 436-437
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
436 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:2<436:TOGABA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Glycryrrhizic acid was metabolized to 3-oxo-18 beta-glycyrrhetinic aci d via 18 beta-glycyrrhetinic acid by Aspergillus niger, A. oryzae, A. sojae, and A. tamarii. Two methyl esters were derived from these two m etabolites and identified by their C-13-NMR spectra and MS data.