Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.147-149
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- 1999
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- 1017-7825(pISSN)
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- 1738-8872(eISSN)
Involvement of Cytochrome P450 in (-)-(4R)-Isopiperitenone Oxidation by Cell Suspension Cultures of Mentha piperita
- Park, Si-Hyung (Division of Applied Biology and Chemistry, and the Research Center for new Bio-Materials in Agriculture, Seoul National University) ;
- Chang, Yung-Jin (Division of Applied Biology and Chemistry, and the Research Center for new Bio-Materials in Agriculture, Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Kyung-Hyun (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
- Kim, Soo-Un (Division of Applied Biology and Chemistry, and the Research Center for new Bio-Materials in Agriculture, Seoul National University)
- Published : 1999.04.01
Abstract
Biotransformation of exogenous (-)-(4R)-isopiperitenone in cell suspension cultures of Mentha piperita resulted in oxidized products, with (-)-7-hydroxyisopiperitenone being the major compound. The mass of products obtained