| 中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yatein; (-)-反式-3-(3,4-亚甲基二氧基苄基)-2-(3,4,5-三甲氧基苄基)丁内酯 | yatein | 40456-50-6 | C22H24O7 | 400.428 |
| (3R-反式)-4-(1,3-苯并二氧戊环-5-基甲基)-3-((3,4-二甲氧基苯基)甲基)二氢-2(3H)-呋喃酮 | bursehernin | 40456-51-7 | C21H22O6 | 370.402 |
| 中文名称 | 英文名称 | CAS号 | 化学式 | 分子量 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yatein; (-)-反式-3-(3,4-亚甲基二氧基苄基)-2-(3,4,5-三甲氧基苄基)丁内酯 | yatein | 40456-50-6 | C22H24O7 | 400.428 |
Etoposide, a topoisomerase inhibitor, is used to treat various cancers. However, etoposide isn't that easy to get. Its precursor comes from the very slow-growing mayapple plant. Lau and Sattely used bioinformatics, heterologous enzyme expression, and kinetic characterization, to work out the pathway that makes the precursor in mayapple (see the Perspective by O'Connor). They then successfully transplanted the full biosynthetic pathway into tobacco plants.