Three flavonoids named licoagrosides D, E and F together with four known flavonoids, medicarpin 3-O-glucoside, calycosin 7-O-glucoside, formononetin 7-O-(6"-malonylglucoside) and 2'-hydroxyformononetin 7-O-glucoside were isolated from Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora hairy root cultures. Their structures
The microsome of yeast cells overexpressing CYP81E1, a cytochrome P450 cDNA recently cloned from licorice (Glycyrrhiza echinata L., Fabaceae), catalyzed the hydroxylation of isoflavones, daidzein and formononetin, to yield 2'-hydroxyisoflavones, 2'-hydroxydaidzein, and 2'-hydroxyformononetin,