Glucosinolates and Products of their Hydrolysis

Nahrstedt, A. Strukturelle Beziehungen zwischen pflanzlichen und tierischen Sekundarstoffen, Planta Med. 44, 2-14 (1982) 

Rosenthal, G. A., BeU, E. A. Naturally occurring, toxic nonprotein amino acids. In Herbivores, Their Interaction with Secondary Plant Metabolites (G. A. Rosenthal, D. H. Janzen, eds.), pp. 353-385. Academic Press, New York 1979 

Vennesland, B., Conn, E. E., Knowles, C. J., Westley, J., Wissing, F. Cyanide in Biology. Academic Press, London 1981 

Glucosinolates are thioglucosides. They contain a C=N-group substituted with sulfate and a residue R in anti position, as well as a sulfur atom connected with a /3-D-glucopyranosyl moiety (Table 44). At hydrolysis they liberate glucose, sulfate and an unstable aglycon. From the latter isothiocyanates (mustard oils), thiocyanates, nitriles, or cyanoepithioalkanes may be formed. 

Glucosinolates were found in a limited number of families of dicotyledonous plants (e.g., Cruciferae, Capparaceae, Resedaceae and Tropaeolaceae). 

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