Biosynthesis of triterpenoids

HARALAMPIDIS, K, TROJANOWSKA, M., OSBOURN, A.E., Biosynthesis of triterpenoid saponins in plants, Adv. Biochem. Eng., in press. 

The biosynthesis of triterpenoids in the latex of Hoya australis, H. camosa. Euphorbia pulcherrima, and related species has received detailed attention." ... 

Rohmer M. (1993) The biosynthesis of triterpenoids of the hopane series in the Eubacteria mine of new enzyme reactions. Pure Appl. Chem. 65, 1293-1298. 

The biosynthesis of triterpenoids is discussed at some length in a new book.8 The bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianum forms hopanoids such as diploptene (1) by... 

A review on the stereochemistry of allylic pyrophosphate metabolism includes much information of relevance to the biosynthesis of triterpenoids. Lanosterol and various of its oxidized derivatives are efficiently utilized by Trichoderma viride for the production of the interesting antibiotic viridin (8). Sterol biosynthesis in the fungus Uromyces phaseoli proceeds by way of lanosterol, not cycloartenol. " When bramble [Rubus fruticosus (Rosaceae)] suspension cultures... 

Metzger, P., M. David, and E. Casadevall Biosynthesis of triterpenoid hydrocarbons in the B race of the green alga Botryococcus braunii. Sites of production and nature of the methylating agent. Phytochemistry 26, 129 (1987). 

Casadevall, E., P. Metzger, and M.-P. Puech Biosynthesis of triterpenoid hydrocarbons in the alga Botryococcus braunii. Tetrahedron Letters 25, 4123 (1984). 

The individual reviews which constitute this volume cover the same areas and appear under the same titles as previously. Unfortunately it was not possible to include reviews on the biosynthesis of triterpenoids, steroids and carotenoids, and on non-protein amino-acids, cyanogenic principles and glucosinolates we hope to make good these omissions in early issues of Natural Product Reports as well as including new material in the burgeoning area which carries the title "Biosynthesis". 

SuGA, T., T. Shishibori, and S. Kimoto Biosynthesis of Triterpenoids. The Stereochemistry of the Squalene Formation and its Cyclization to p-Amyrin, Chemistry Letters 1972, 129. 

Barton, D. H. R., G. Mellows, and D. A. Widdowson Biosynthesis of Terpenes and Steroids. Part III. Squalene Cyclisation in the Biosynthesis of Triterpenoids the Biosynthesis of Fern-9-ene in Poly podium vulgare Linn. J. Chem. Soc. (C) 1971, 110. 

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