Chemistry:Coniferin
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Coniferin is a glucoside of coniferyl alcohol. This white crystalline solid is a metabolite in conifers, serving as an intermediate in cell wall lignification, as well as having other biological roles. It can also be found in the water root extract of Angelica archangelica subsp. litoralis.[1]
Vanillin was first synthesized from coniferin by chemists Ferdinand Tiemann and Wilhelm Haarmann.[2]
Biosynthesis
The enzyme coniferyl-alcohol glucosyltransferase converts coniferyl alcohol to coniferin:
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It transfers a glucose unit from UDP-glucose, giving uridine diphosphate (UDP) as byproduct.[3]
References
- ↑ Lemmich, John; Havelund, Svend; Thastrup, Ole (1983). "Dihydrofurocoumarin glucosides from Angelica archangelica and Angelica silvestris". Phytochemistry 22 (2): 553–555. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(83)83044-1. Bibcode: 1983PChem..22..553L.
- ↑ "Vanillin". Molecule of the Week. American Chemical Society. September 13, 2016. https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/v/vanillin.html.
- ↑ "Purification and properties of UDP-glucose: coniferyl alcohol glucosyltransferase from suspension cultures of Paul's scarlet rose". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 176 (2): 700–8. 1976. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(76)90214-9. PMID 10853.
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