Author:Madala, NE; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Jul 2012Nicotiana tabacum cell suspensions, 2g wet wt/ml, rapidly took up 1 mM isonitrosoacetophenone (INAP), a plant-derived stress metabolite with anti-oxidative and anti-fungal properties, producing 40-hexopyranosyloxy-30-methoxyisonitrosoacetophenone ...Read more
Author:Steenkamp, Lucia HDate:01 Sep 2010The main objective of the development of a two-step “green” synthesis for (-)-ambafuran production is to find an alternative synthesis of (-) Ambrox from sclareol, to use a bioconversion or biocatalysis route, and that it results in a natural ...Read more
Author:Chhiba, Varsha P; Bode, M; Mathiba, K; Kwezi, Lusisizwe; Brady, DDate:Apr 2012A range of ß-aminonitriles (3-amino-3-phenylpropanenitrile and derivatives) were synthesised by reaction of various benzonitriles with acetonitrile and subsequent reduction of the resulting acrylonitrile products. These compounds were hydrolysed ...Read more
Author:Madala, NE; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Oct 2013Plants have developed biochemical and molecular responses to adapt to different stress environments. One of the characteristics of the multi-component defence response is the production of defence-related metabolites. Plant defences can be ...Read more