Open AccessSubstrate specific hydrolysis of aromatic and aromatic-aliphatic esters in orchid tissue cultures
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Mironowicz,
K. Kukułczanka,
A. Siewiński
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1993.004
Subject(s) - chemistry , hydrolysis , phenols , organic chemistry , phenol , substrate (aquarium) , orchidaceae , phalaenopsis , botany , biology , ecology
We found that tissue cultures of higher plants were able, similarly as microorganisms, to transform low-molecular-weight chemical compounds. In tissue cultures of orchids (Cymbidium 'Saint Pierre' and Dendrobium phalaenopsis) acetates of phenols and aromatic-aliphatic alcohols were hydrolyzed, whereas methyl esters of aromatic and aromatic-aliphatic acids did not undergo this reaction. Acetates of racemic aromatic-aliphatic alcohols were hydrolyzed with distinct enantiospecificity