Sakuranetin

Sakuranetin

Sakuranetin

Chemical compound

Sakuranetin is a flavan-on, the 7-methoxy derivative of naringenin, found in Polymnia fruticosa[1] and rice, where it acts as a phytoalexin against spore germination of Pyricularia oryzae.[2]

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Glycosides

Sakuranin is the 5-O-glucoside of sakuranetin.[citation needed]

Metabolism

biosynthesis

Naringenin 7-O-methyltransferase uses naringenin to yield sakuranetin, with S-adenosyl-methionine as the methyl donor.[3]

biodegradation

In compounds like 7-methoxylated flavanones like sakuranetin, demethylation followed by sulfation occur in model organism Cunninghamella elegans.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Sakuranetin on home.ncifcrf.gov
  2. [2]
    Sakuranetin, a flavonone phytoalexin from ultraviolet-irradiated rice leaves, Kodama O., Miyakawa J., Akatsuka T., Kiyosawa S, 1992
  3. [3]
    A Methyltransferase for Synthesis of the Flavanone Phytoalexin Sakuranetin in Rice Leaves, Randeep Rakwala, Morifumi Hasegawab and Osamu Kodama, 1996
  4. [4]
    Ibrahim, A. R.; Galal, A. M.; Ahmed, M. S.; Mossa, G. S. (2003). "O-demethylation and sulfation of 7-methoxylated flavanones by Cunninghamella elegans". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 51 (2): 203–206. doi:10.1248/cpb.51.203. PMID 12576658. INIST 14569933.


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