Chemical syntheses of caffeoyl and 5-OH coniferyl aldehydes and alcohols and determination of lignin o-methyltransferase activities in dicot and monocot species

Phytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1035-1042

  Chen, Fang ^a   Kota, Parvathi ^a   Blount, Jack W ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxyconiferaldehyde; Caffeoyl aldehyde; Festuca arundinacea; Gramineae; Leguminosae; Lignin; Medicago sativa; Medicago truncatula; Nicotiana tabacum; O Methyltransferase; Solanaceae; Syntheses; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYCONIFERALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE; CAFFEATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CONIFERYL ALCOHOL; COUMARIC ACID; LIGNIN; LIGNIN O METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

FABACEAE; FESTUCA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; SOLANACEAE; TABACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035818763     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00391-0     Document Type: Article

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