Trans-o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Glucosylation in Cell-Free Extracts of Melilotus alba

Authors

A. Kleinhofs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Francis A. Haskins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Herman J. Gorz, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1967

Comments

Published in Phytochemistry, 1967, Vol. 6, pp. 1313 to 1318.

Abstract

The glucosylation of trans-o-hydroxycinnamic acid has been demonstrated in cell-free extracts of MeliIotus alba. The reaction requires UDPG, a sulfhydryl compound, and an active extract from sweet clover leaves. The product of the reaction has been tentatively identified as trans-β-D-glucosyl-o-hydroxycinnamic acid.