Metabolism of ferulic acid by aPenicilliumsp.

✍ Scribed by Rae Tillett; John R. L. Walker

• Book ID: 104769562
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 202 KB
• Volume: 154
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0302-8933
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00423334

✦ Synopsis

Ferulic acid was metabolised by a Penicillium sp. (probably P. rubrum) by a novel route involving a preliminary demethylation to caffeic acid, followed by side-chain shortening to yield protocatechuic acid which was subsequently broken down via the ortho-fission pathway.