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Biotransformation of the Pentahydroxy Flavone Quercetin by Rhizobium loti and Bradyrhizobium Strains (Lotus)
- Source :
- Applied and environmental microbiology. 57(5)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- Lotus rhizobia catabolized quercetin in an arabinose-based medium via a novel form of C-ring cleavage, yielding phloroglucinol and protocatechuic acid. Conservation of the A and B rings of the flavone suggests that a chalcone could be formed as a transient intermediate.
- Subjects :
- Arabinose
chemistry.chemical_classification
Chalcone
Ecology
biology
Stereochemistry
Phloroglucinol
Flavonoid
fungi
food and beverages
biology.organism_classification
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Bradyrhizobium
Protocatechuic acid
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Botany
Rhizobium
Quercetin
Microorganism-Plant Interactions
Food Science
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00992240
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3a17882f55bff243577f0752fac77ec2