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After feeding experiments of Myrica rubra young shoots with 4-[8,9-13C2]coumaric acid, mass spectrometric analyses revealed that the cyclic diarylheptanoids, myricanol and myricanone, were derived from two molecules of 4-coumaric acid. 13C Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of myricanol isolated after administration of 4-[8,9-13C2]coumaric acid demonstrated that the C-8 and C-9 atoms of 4-coumaric acid are incorporated into C-8, C-9, C-11, and C-12 of the corresponding myricanol.
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Part of this report was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Akita, August 2006
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Kawai, S., Nakata, K., Ohashi, M. et al. Myricanol and myricanone biosynthesis in Myrica rubra: incorporation of two molecules of 4-coumaric acid. J Wood Sci 54, 256–260 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-007-0944-2
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