scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question

Showing papers by "Shin-ichi Ayabe published in 2011"

Journal Article•DOI•
Molecular characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase that yields shionone, a unique tetracyclic triterpene ketone of Aster tataricus.

[...]

Satoru Sawai1, Hiroshi Uchiyama1, Syuhei Mizuno1, Toshio Aoki1, Tomoyoshi Akashi1, Shin-ichi Ayabe1, Takeyoshi Takahashi1 •
Nihon University1
06 Apr 2011-FEBS Letters
TL;DR: Shionone is the major triterpenoid component of Aster tataricus possessing a unique all six-membered tetracyclic skeleton and 3-oxo-4-monomethyl structure as discussed by the authors.

25 citations