2,4-Decadienals are produced via (R)-11-HPITE from arachidonic acid in marine green alga Ulva conglobata

Bioorg Med Chem. 2003 Aug 15;11(17):3607-9. doi: 10.1016/s0968-0896(03)00364-x.

Abstract

Marine green alga Ulva conglobata was investigated for the biogeneration of oxygenated products from exogenously added arachidonic acid (ARA). A crude enzyme from the alga afforded the detectable amount of a hydroperoxyicosatetraenoic acid (HPITE), which was identified as (R)-11-HPITE by HPLC and GC-MS. Headspace-SPME method indicated that ARA was selectively used to form 2,4-decadienals. These results showed that 2,4-decadienals are produced via (R)-11-HPITE from ARA exclusively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / chemistry
  • Aldehydes / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Arachidonic Acid / metabolism*
  • Arachidonic Acids / chemistry
  • Arachidonic Acids / metabolism*
  • Ulva / chemistry
  • Ulva / enzymology
  • Ulva / metabolism*

Substances

  • 11-hydroperoxyicosatetraenoic
  • Aldehydes
  • Arachidonic Acids
  • 2,4-decadienal
  • Arachidonic Acid