S. Chevolleau et al., SYNTHESIS OF [H-3] LABELED GLUCOBRASSICIN, A POTENTIAL RADIOTRACER FOR METABOLIC STUDIES OF INDOLE GLUCOSINOLATES, Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals, 33(7), 1993, pp. 671-679
Glucobrassicin, an indole glucosinolate widespread in cruciferous plan
ts, appears to be involved in anticarcinogenic activity via its breakd
own products. In order to study the ''in vivo'' metabolism of glucobra
ssicin, we have synthesized the 5-[H-3]-indol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate
(H-3-labelled glucobrassicin) starting from artificial peracetylated
5-bromoindol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate. The labelled compounds were cha
racterized by radio-HPLC and FAB mass spectrometry.