Biotransformation of (-)-Isopulegol by Rhodococcus rhodochrous.

ABSTRACT: The ability of actinobacteria of the genus Rhodococcus to biotransform the monoterpenoid (-)-isopulegol has been established for the first time. R. rhodochrous strain IEGM 1362 was selected as a bacterium capable of metabolizing (-)-isopulegol to form new, previously unknown, 10-hydroxy (2) and 10-carboxy (3) derivatives, which may presumably have antitumor activity and act as respiratory stimulants and cancer prevention agents. In the experiments, optimal conditions were selected to provide the maximum target catalytic activity of rhodococci. Using up-to-date (TEM, AFM-CLSM, and EDX) and traditional (cell size, roughness, and zeta potential measurements) biophysical and microbiological methods, it was shown that (-)-isopulegol and halloysite nanotubes di

SUBMITTER: Ivshina IB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9412403 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature