Improvement of the pharmacological activity of menthol via enzymatic β-anomer-selective glycosylation

Abstract Menthol has a considerable cooling effect, but the use range of menthol is limited because of its extremely low solubility in water and inherent flavor. (−)-Menthol β-glucoside was determined to be more soluble in water (>27 times) than (−)-menthol α-glucoside; hence, β-anomer-selective...

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Published in:	AMB Express
Main Authors:	Ha-Young Choi, Bo-Min Kim, Abubaker M. A. Morgan, Joong Su Kim, Won-Gon Kim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2017-08-01
Subjects:	Menthol Menthol β-glycosides Glycosyltransferase Solubility Cooling
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-017-0468-0