SHIKONIN - A GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE-DERIVED PLANT HEMITERPENOID FORMED VIA THE MEVALONATE PATHWAY

Authors
LI SM HENNIG S HEIDE L
Citation
Sm. Li et al., SHIKONIN - A GERANYL DIPHOSPHATE-DERIVED PLANT HEMITERPENOID FORMED VIA THE MEVALONATE PATHWAY, Tetrahedron letters, 39(18), 1998, pp. 2721-2724
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
18
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2721 - 2724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:18<2721:S-AGDP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Feeding of [1-C-13]glucose to cell cultures of Lithospermum Erythrorhi zon revealed a labelling pattern in the isoprenoid part of shikonin co nsistent with a biosynthesis via the mevalonate pathway. This is in co ntrast to other plant monoterpenoids. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. A ll rights reserved.