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Biotransformation of Citrus Aromatics Nootkatone and Valencene by Microorganisms
Mai FurusawaToshihiro HashimotoYoshiaki NomaYoshinori Asakawa
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2005 Volume 53 Issue 11 Pages 1423-1429

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Biotransformations of the sesquiterpene ketone nootkatone (1) from the crude drug Alpiniae Fructus and grapefruit oil, and the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon valencene (2) from Valencia orange oil were carried out with microorganisms such as Aspergillus niger, Botryosphaeria dothidea, and Fusarium culmorum to afford structurally interesting metabolites. Their stereostructures were established by a combination of high-resolution NMR spectral and X-ray crystallographic analysis and chemical reaction. Metabolic pathways of compounds 1 and 2 by A. niger are proposed.

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