A Reactive Conjugated Allene Involved in the Biosynthesis of Volatile Oxylipins in the Moss Dicranum scoparium
摘要:
We addressed the role of the unusual acetylenic fatty acid dicranin as a precursor for volatile oxylipins in the moss Dicranum scoparium. Dicranin is transformed immediately after mechanical wounding of moss tissue to volatile C5- and C6-oxylipins. The transformation of synthetic deuterium labeled dicranin was monitored using LC/MS analysis and multivariate statistics to identify polar metabolites produced during volatile formation. Among the newly formed oxylipins is a highly reactive conjugated C13 allene with similar degrees of labeling compared to the C5 volatiles suggesting that it results as second cleavage product from the biosynthesis of pentenal and pentenone.
Novel Acetylenic Oxylipins from the Moss Dicranum scoparium with Antifeeding Activity against Herbivorous Slugs
作者:Martin Rempt、Georg Pohnert
DOI:10.1002/anie.201000825
日期:2010.6.28
A slug stopper: The defensive properties of oxylipinsfrom the mossDicranumscoparium are far more active than required to fend off herbivory by a common slug. The precursor‐guided structure elucidation of seven novel and several known unusual oxylipins was supported by chemometric data mining.