Glycosylation of sesamol by cultured plant cells.

The glycosylation of sesamol was investigated using cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum and Eucalyptus perriniana. The cultured suspension cells of N. tabacum converted sesamol into its beta-glucoside (7%) as well as the disaccharide, sesamyl 6-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (beta-gentiobioside, 30%). On the other hand, sesamyl 6-O-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (beta-rutinoside, 56%), together with the beta-glucoside (3%), was produced when sesamol was incubated with suspension cells of E. perriniana.