title: Biotransformation of (-)-a-pinene by Botrytis cinerea.
abstract: (-)-alpha-Pinene (1), a major constituent of many aromatic plants was biotransformed by the plant pathogenic fungus, Botrytis cinerea to afford three new metabolites, characterized as 3beta-hydroxy-(-)-beta-pinene (10%) (3), 9-hydroxy-(-)-a-pinene (12%) (4), 4beta-hydroxy-(-)-alpha-pinene-6-one (16%) (5) by physical and spectroscopic methods. A known metabolite verbenone (2) was also obtained.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Chemical Sciences, H E J Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Afgan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farooq
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: M Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.lastname: Atta-ur-Rahman
authors.forename: Zafar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Can Başer K
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hüsnü
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D001711:Biotransformation; D020171:Botrytis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006859:Hydrogen; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D006859:Hydrogen; C005451:alpha-pinene