Microbial-Catalyzed Biotransformation of Multifunctional Triterpenoids Derived from Phytonutrients

作者:Shah Syed Adnan Ali*; Tan Huey Ling; Sultan Sadia; Faridz Muhammad Afifi Bin Mohd; Shah Mohamad Azlan Bin Mohd; Nurfazilah Sharifah; Hussain Munawar
来源:International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2014, 15(7): 12027-12060.
DOI:10.3390/ijms150712027

摘要

Microbial-catalyzed biotransformations have considerable potential for the generation of an enormous variety of structurally diversified organic compounds, especially natural products with complex structures like triterpenoids. They offer efficient and economical ways to produce semi-synthetic analogues and novel lead molecules. Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi could catalyze chemo-, regio- and stereospecific hydroxylations of diverse triterpenoid substrates that are extremely difficult to produce by chemical routes. During recent years, considerable research has been performed on the microbial transformation of bioactive triterpenoids, in order to obtain biologically active molecules with diverse structures features. This article reviews the microbial modifications of tetranortriterpenoids, tetracyclic triterpenoids and pentacyclic triterpenoids.

  • 出版日期2014-7