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Absidia coerulea transformed four anthraquinones from rhubarb, chrysophanol, physcion, emodin and aloe-emodin to their corresponding glycosylated metabolites. The structures of the products were characterized as chrysophanol 8-O-β-d-glucoside, physcion 8-O-β-d-glucoside, emodin 6-O-β-d-glucoside, and aloe-emodin 1-O-β-d-glucoside, respectively.
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Zhang, W., Ye, M., Zhan, J. et al. Microbial glycosylation of four free anthraquinones by Absidia coerulea . Biotechnology Letters 26, 127–131 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000012890.46665.02
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