Dammarene Explained

Dammarenes are derivatives of dammaranes that have a double bond.

These compounds are often composed of saponins, examples include Protopanaxadiol and triol,^[1] Dammarenediol I and II.^[2]

See also

• Dammarenediol II synthase

Notes and References

1. Chun JH, Adhikari PB, Park SB, Han JY, Choi YE . Production of the dammarene sapogenin (protopanaxadiol) in transgenic tobacco plants and cultured cells by heterologous expression of PgDDS and CYP716A47 . . 2015 . 34 . 9 . 1551–1160 . 10.1007/s00299-015-1806-9 . 25981048 . 539536 .
2. Nagai M, Tanaka O, Shibata S . The stereochemistry of protopanaxadiol the absolute configuration of C(20) of dammarenediol-I and -II . . 1966 . 7 . 40 . 4797–4801 . 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)70093-1 .