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Biosynthesis of a Flavonol from a Flavanone by Establishing a One-pot Bienzymatic Cascade
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Isodonoids A-L: Ent-kauranoid diterpenoid-flavanone conjugates from Isodon rubescens

Can-Can Wang1, Meng-Yu Bao1, Hui-Ying Li1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Quality of Chinese Medicine & Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, 999078, China.

Phytochemistry
|May 7, 2026
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Keywords:
ApoptosisCytotoxicityDiterpenoid-flavanone conjugatesIsodon rubescensIsodonoids A‒LLamiaceae

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