Biotransformation of naringin and naringenin by cultured Eucalyptus perriniana cells

Abstract

The biotransformation of naringin and naringenin was investigated using cultured cells of Eucalyptus perriniana. Naringin (1) was converted into naringenin 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2, 15%), naringenin (3, 1%), naringenin 5,7-O-beta-D-diglucopyranoside (4, 15%), naringenin 4',7-O-beta-D-diglucopyranoside (5, 26%), naringenin 7-O-[6-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)]-beta-d-glucopyranoside (6, beta-gentiobioside, 5%), naringenin 7-O-[6-O-(alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7, beta-rutinoside, 3%), and 7-O-beta-D-gentiobiosyl-4'-O-beta-d-glucopyranosylnaringenin (8, 1%) by cultured cells of E. perriniana. On the other hand, 2 (14%), 4 (7%), 5 (13%), 6 (2%), 7 (1%), naringenin 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (9, 4%), naringenin 5-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (10, 2%), and naringenin 4',5-O-beta-D-diglucopyranoside (11, 5%) were isolated from cultured E. perriniana cells, that had been treated with naringenin (3). Products, 7-O-beta-D-gentiobiosyl-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylnaringenin (8) and naringenin 4',5-O-beta-D-diglucopyranoside (11), were hitherto unknown.