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Biosynthesis of a Flavonol from a Flavanone by Establishing a One-pot Bienzymatic Cascade
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Flavonoids from Picnomon acarna
1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmacy, University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Planta Medica
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
A new flavonoid, gossypetin-8,3',4'-trimethyl ether (3,5-dihydroxytrimethoxyflavone) was isolated and its structure elusidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods. The known flavonoids luteolin-7, 3'-dimethyl ether and luteolin-3'-methyl ether were also isolated.
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