title: Hydroxylation of the sesterterpene leucosceptrine by the fungus Rhizopus stolonifer.
abstract: The microbial transformation of leucosceptrine (1), the first member of class leucosesterterpenes, by Rhizopus stolonifer afforded two metabolites, 1alpha-hydroxyleucosceptrine (2), and 8alpha-hydroxyleucosceptrine (3).
authors.affiliation: H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. hej@cyber.net.pk
authors.forename: Muhammad Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ranjit
authors.lastname: Atta-Ur-Rahman
authors.forename: Krishna Prasad
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Devkota
authors.forename: Syed Ghulam
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Musharraf
authors.forename: Tirtha Maiya
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Shrestha
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006900:Hydroxylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C510927:1alpha-hydroxyleucosceptrine; C510928:8alpha-hydroxyleucosceptrine; D013729:Terpenes; C490747:leucosceptrine