Metabolism of a phenylcoumaran substruct
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Fumiaki Nakatsubo; T. Kent Kirk; Mikio Shimada; Takayoshi Higuchi
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Article
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1981
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Springer
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English
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The degradation of the phenylcoumaran substructure model compound methyl dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol by the white-rot wood decay fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium was investigated using culture conditions optimized for lignin oxidation. Initial attack was in the cinnamyl alcohol side chain, which wa