Complete biosynthetic pathway of furochromones in Saposhnikovia divaricata and its evolutionary mechanism in Apiaceae plants.

Furochromones are specific bioactive secondary metabolites of many Apiaceae plants. Their biosynthesis remains largely unexplored. In this work, we dissect the complete biosynthetic pathway of major furochromones in the medicinal plant Saposhnikovia divaricata by characterizing prenyltransferase, peucenin cyclase, methyltransferase, hydroxylase, and glycosyltransferases.

A four-step biosynthetic pathway involving C-3 oxidation-reduction reactions from cycloastragenol to astragaloside IV in Astragalus membranaceus.

Astragaloside IV is a significant chemical component derived from the medicinal plant Astragalus membranaceus. Despite the characterization of several glycosyltransferases from A. membranaceus, the complete biosynthetic pathway of astragaloside IV has not been fully elucidated.

Cephalotaxine-type and homoerythrina-type alkaloids with antiproliferative effects from .

Twenty-two cephalotaxine-type and ten homoerythrina-type alkaloids, including seven previously undescribed ones, were isolated from the twigs and leaves and the seed kernels of . Their structures were established by spectroscopic analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and ECD calculation methods. Cephalofortunine A β--oxide (1) is the first nitrogen-oxidized homoerythrina-type alkaloid.

Cephalotaxine-type alkaloids with antiproliferation effects from the branches and leaves of Cephalotaxus fortunei var. alpina.

Eight cephalotaxine-type alkaloids (1-8), including two new compounds cephafortunines A and B (1-2), were isolated from the branches and leaves of Cephalotaxus fortunei var. alpina. Their structures were identified by a series of spectroscopic methods (MS, UV, IR, 1D, and 2D NMR) and comparison with the reported data of known analogs.