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Biotransformation of p-Coumaric Acid (=(2E)-3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoic Acid) by Momordica charantia Peroxidase

✍ Scribed by Hai-Li Liu; Xue-Feng Huang; Xiang Wan; Ling-Yi Kong


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
German
Weight
172 KB
Volume
90
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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Abstract

LC/MS^3^‐Guided biotransformation of p‐coumaric acid (=(2__E__)‐3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enoic acid; CA) with H~2~O~2~/Momordica charantia peroxidase at pH 5.0 and 45° in the presence of acetone has resulted in the isolation of three CA trimers, triCA1 (1), triCA2 (trans2), and triCA3 (cis2), and seven CA dimers, diCA1–diCA7, i.e., 39, among which seven (triCA1–triCA3 and diCA1–diCA4) are new compounds and three (diCA5–diCA7) are known compounds. The structures were established by 2D‐NMR such as HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY measurements. The possible mechanism for the formation of the products is also discussed (Schemes 1–3). This is the first time that the biotansformation of p‐coumaric acid catalyzed by peroxidase in vitro was achieved. Compounds triCA3 (cis2), diCA1 (3), diCA5 (7), and diCA7 (9) exhibit a stronger antioxidative activity than the parent CA.