Studies on the late steps of (+) pisatin biosynthesis: Evidence for (-) enantiomeric intermediates

Phytochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 675-683

  DiCenzo, Gregory L ^a   VanEtten, Hans D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Isoflavonoids; Leguminosae; Pea; Pisum sativum L.; Pterocarpans

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INERMIN; ISOFLAVANONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PISATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; SOPHOROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTYLEDON; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEA; STEREOISOMERISM; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTYLEDON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ISOFLAVONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEAS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PTEROCARPANS; STEREOISOMERISM; TIME FACTORS;

FABACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33645106827     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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