V. Vinciguerra et al., BIOTRANSFORMATION OF TYROSOL BY WHOLE-CELL AND CELL-FREE PREPARATION OF LENTINUS-EDODES, Journal of molecular catalysis. B, Enzymatic, 3(5), 1997, pp. 213-220
The phenolic components of waste olive waters are degraded by the whit
e-rot basidiomycete Lentinus edodes. Tyrosol is converted by cell-free
preparation of the fungus into a dimeric tetracyclic ketone, derived
from a Pummerer's ketone-like intermediate. Conversely, the alcohol co
rresponding to the above ketone was isolated after 7 days from whole c
ells of Lentinus edodes incubated with tyrosol.