Biosynthèse de la farnésylacétone-(E,E) par les glandes androgènes du crabe carcinus maenas

✍ Scribed by Jean-Pierre Férézou; Michel Barbier; Josette Berreur-Bonnenfant

• Book ID: 102249983
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 323 KB
• Volume: 61
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19780610214

✦ Synopsis

Biosynthesis of E, E‐farnesylacetone by the andogenic glands of the crab Carcinus maenas

Using sodium acetate‐1,2‐[^14^C] or mevalonic acid‐2‐[^14^C], the biosynthesis of (E,E)‐farnesylacetone 1 by the androgenic glands of the crab Carcinus maenas, kept as organ subculture is demonstrated. Ozonolysis of the NaBH~4~ reduction product 3 leads to three fragments the radioactivity of which has been measured after isolation by GC. It is thus established that the biosynthesis of 1 proceeds through geranylgeraniol. The hexahydroderivative 2 is not labelled in the two experiments.