Research Article
Insight into the Hydrolytic Selectivity of β-Glucosidase to Enhance the Contents of Desired Active Phytochemicals in Medicinal Plants
Table 1
Chemical structures of glycosides in medicinal plants.
| Substrate | Chemical name | Latin name of medicinal plant | Structure | Sugar residue | Linkage of glycosyl group | Between sugar moieties | Sugar residue-backbone |
| Liquiritin | Liquiritigenin-4-O-glucopyranoside | Glycyrrhizae Radix | | glucopyranoside | N/A | βGlc |
| Geniposide | Genipin-1-O-glucopyranoside | Gardeniae Fructus | | glucopyranoside | N/A | βGlc |
| Baicalin | Baicalein-7-O-glucuronide | Scutellariae Radix | | glucuronide | N/A | βGlr |
| Glycyrrhizin | 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid-3-O-glucuronopyranosyl-β-glucuronide | Glycyrrhizae Radix | | glucuronopyranosyl-glucuronide | β(1,2)Glr | βGlr |
| Hesperidin | Hesperetin-7-O-rutinoside | Citri Pericarpium | | Rutinoside (rhamnopyranosyl- glucopyranoside) | α(1,6)Rha | βGlc |
| Neohesperidin | Hesperetin-7-O-neohesperidoside | Citri Pericarpium | | Neohesperidoside (rhamnopyranosyl- glucopyranoside) | α(1,2)Rha | βGlc |
| Naringin | Naringenin-7-O-neohesperidoside | Citri Pericarpium | | Neohesperidoside (rhamnopyranosyl- glucopyranoside) | α(1,2)Rha | βGlc |
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N/A, not applicable; Glc, glucopyranoside; Glr, glucuronide; Rha, rhamnopyranoside. |