Pterocarpans
"Pterocarpans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A group of compounds which can be described as benzo-pyrano-furano-benzenes which can be formed from ISOFLAVONES by internal coupling of the B ring to the 4-ketone position. Members include medicarpin, phaseolin, and pisatin which are found in FABACEAE.
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D036343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.127.637 D03.438.150.266.450.400.687 D03.549.748 D03.830.219.266.450.400.687
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Coleman JJ, White GJ, Rodriguez-Carres M, Vanetten HD. An ABC transporter and a cytochrome P450 of Nectria haematococca MPVI are virulence factors on pea and are the major tolerance mechanisms to the phytoalexin pisatin. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Mar; 24(3):368-76.
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Belofsky G, Percivill D, Lewis K, Tegos GP, Ekart J. Phenolic metabolites of Dalea versicolor that enhance antibiotic activity against model pathogenic bacteria. J Nat Prod. 2004 Mar; 67(3):481-4.