Biosynthesis of 2-aminobenzaldehyde in flowers of Robinia pseudoacacia andPhiladelphus coronarius

Authors
Spiteller, P Steglich, W
Citation
P. Spiteller et W. Steglich, Biosynthesis of 2-aminobenzaldehyde in flowers of Robinia pseudoacacia andPhiladelphus coronarius, PHYTOCHEM, 57(3), 2001, pp. 361-363
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
361 - 363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(200106)57:3<361:BO2IFO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Feeding experiments with C-13- and fluorine-labelled precursors were perfor med to reveal the biosynthesis of 2-aminobenzaldehyde in flowers of Robinia pseudoacacia and Philadelphus coronarius. The results are in agreement wit h the transformation of anthranilic acid to indole followed by oxidative ri ng opening and hydrolysis of the resulting N-formyl-2-aminobenzaldehyde. Th is route differs from that observed in Hebeloma sacchariolens (Basidiomycet es) in which anthranilic acid is directly reduced to 2-aminobenzaldehyde. ( C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.