Identification of Brassinosteroids with Epimerized Substituents and/or the 23-Oxo Group in Pollen and Anthers of Japanese Cedar.
Brassinosteroids in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) were analyzed by GC-MS after being purified by reversed-phase HPLC. The occurrence of four stereoisomers of 23-dehydrobrassinolide, three stereoisomers of 28-homobrassinolide, and an isomer of homodolicholide was revealed. The stereochemical structures of these brassinosteroids remain undetermined. Among these, the 23-dehydrobrassinolide stereoisomers are the first brassinosteroids identified with an oxo group located at the C23 position. In addition, known brassinosteroids 3-dehydroteasterone, typhasterol and dolicholide were identified.
a Department of Biosciences, Teikyo University.
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Yokota
b Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
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b Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo.
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c BAL Planning Co. Ltd.
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d Tama Biochemical Co. Ltd.
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e Department of Chemistry, Joetsu University of Education.
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23-dehydrobrassinolide; 28-homobrassinolide; 28-homodolicholide; Cryptomeria japonica; dolicholide