Pterocarpans

Known as: Pterocarpans [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A group of compounds which can be described as benzo-pyrano-furano-benzenes which can be formed from ISOFLAVONES by internal coupling of the B ring… (More)
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2011
2011
Identification of prenylated pterocarpans and other isoflavonoids in Rhizopus spp. elicited soya bean seedlings by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry.
Phytoalexins from soya are mainly characterised as prenylated pterocarpans, the glyceollins. Extracts of non-soaked and soaked… (More)
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2010
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2010
Flavonoids and isoflavonoids: from plant biology to agriculture and neuroscience.
Flavonoids represent one of the largest and most studied classes of phenylpropanoid-derived plant specialized metabolites, with… (More)
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2009
2009
Flavanoids and pterocarpans from the bark of Erythrina fusca.
Three new isomeric flavanones, fuscaflavanones A(1) (1), A(2) (2) and B (3), together with six known flavanones, lupinifolin (4… (More)
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2008
2008
Pterocarpans and flavanones from Sophora flavescens displaying potent neuraminidase inhibition.
Pterocarpans (1-3) and flavanones (4-10) were isolated from Sophora flavescens and screened for their ability to inhibit… (More)
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2007
2007
Bioassay-guided fractionation of pterocarpans from roots of Harpalyce brasiliana Benth.
Pterocarpans, a special kind of isoflavonoids possessing two contiguous benzofuran and benzopyran rings, have been reported as… (More)
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2007
2007
Pterocarpans: interesting natural products with antifungal activity and other biological properties
Among the phytoalexins with the highest antifungal activity is the isoflavonoid based group of pterocarpans. Here, we present a… (More)
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2006
2006
LDL-antioxidant pterocarpans from roots of Glycine max (L.) Merr.
The methanolic root extract of Glycine max (L.) Merr. was chromatographed, which yielded 10 flavonoids, including three… (More)
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2006
2006
Identification of cDNAs encoding pterocarpan reductase involved in isoflavan phytoalexin biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus by EST mining.
Isoflavans and pterocarpans are the major biosynthetically connected phytoalexins in legumes. A search of the expressed sequence… (More)
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2004
2004
Constitutive and elicitation induced metabolism of isoflavones and pterocarpans in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) cell suspension cultures
Constitutive phenolics of chickpea cell suspension cultures are the isoflavones formononetin and biochanin A, the isoflavanones… (More)
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2003
2003
Pterocarpans from Bituminaria morisiana and Bituminaria bituminosa.
The aerial parts of Mediterranean papilionaceous plants Bituminaria morisiana and B. bituminosa afforded, along with known… (More)
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