Issue 18, 1976

Biosynthesis of [6]-gingerol, pungent principle of Zingiber officinale

Abstract

Evidence is adduced for a scheme of bio-synthesis for (S)-(+)-[6]-gingerol in Zingiber officinale Roscoe, in which dihydroferulate is built up from phenylalanine and participates in a new example of a ‘biological Claisen reaction’ with malonate and hexanoate; the β-diketone product is then reduced to [6]-gingerol.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 711-712

Biosynthesis of [6]-gingerol, pungent principle of Zingiber officinale

P. Denniff and D. A. Whiting, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 711 DOI: 10.1039/C39760000711

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