title: Biotransformation of thujopsene by Caragana chamlagu.
abstract: Biotransformation of thujopsene (1) using a cell suspension culture of Caragana chamlagu for 14 days gave mayurone (2, 52%) and two new compounds, 3beta-hydroxy-4-thujopsene (4, 16%) and 3beta-epoxythujopsa-5beta-ol (3, 22%).
authors.affiliation: College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Funabashi-si, Chiba 274-8501, Japan. sakamaki@chem.ge.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitanaka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013729:Terpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; C433909:mayurone; C433908:thujopsene