Biosynthesis of the rotenoid amorphigenin in germinating Amorpha fruticosa seeds: the pre-rotenoid (isoflavonoid) stages

Abstract
Insertion of the rotenoid ‘extra’ C-6 methylene occurs at the isoflavone (IIIa), rather than the isoflavanone (IVa), level of oxidation, in the biosynthesis of amorphigenin; earlier stages use chalcone (Va) with a free 4-hydroxy-group, but the biosynthetically acceptable isoflavone which emerges is not (VIa) but its methyl ether (VIb).

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