- Complete reduction of 2H-pyran-2-one moiety of coumarin and 6-methyl coumarin by Colletotrichum capsici.
Complete reduction of 2H-pyran-2-one moiety of coumarin and 6-methyl coumarin by Colletotrichum capsici.
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences (2008-11-13)
Gadepalli Narasimha Krishna Kumari, Munuswamy Ramanujam Ganesh, Rajasekar Anitha, Aravind Sivasubramanian
PMID18998410
ABSTRACT
The microbial transformation of coumarin (1) and 6-methyl coumarin (2) using Colletotrichum capsici gave 2-(3'-hydroxypropyl) phenol (3) and 2-(3'-hydroxypropyl)-4-methyl phenol (4). The phytopathogenic fungi effectively reduced the 2H-pyran-2-one moiety of both parent coumarins to respective alcohols.