Open AccessBiocatalytic Activity of Fresh Passiflora Spp. Leaves in Enantioselective Oxido-Reduction
Author(s) -
Elena Tamburini,
SS Costa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
natural products chemistry and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2329-6836
DOI - 10.4172/2329-6836.1000208
Subject(s) - passiflora , enantioselective synthesis , reduction (mathematics) , biology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , traditional medicine , biochemistry , medicine , mathematics , catalysis , geometry
The biocatalytic activity of five species of Passiflora leaves (i.e. P. amethyst, P. incarnata, P. quadrangularis, P.\udedulis, P. cerulea) was tested in the reduction of the ketone “cocktail” (i.e. 5-hexen-2-one 1, acetophenone 2, cisbicyclo[\ud3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one 3 and 2-methylcyclohexanone 4) and in the oxidation of the corresponding alcohols\ud“cocktail” (i.e. 5-hexen-2-ol 5, 1-phenylethanol 6, endo-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-ol 7, exo-bicyclo[3.2.0] hept-2-en-\ud6-ol 8, trans-2-methylcyclohexanol 9 and cis-2-methylcyclohexanol 10). P. amethyst and P. incarnata show the best\udactivity in the reduction, while P. quadrangularis affords low yield in reduction but gives appreciable results in oxidation\udtowards a cocktail of model substrates. This simple screening permits to test the potential of parts of fresh plants that\udcan be used as biocatalysts in more ecologically and economically promising transformation