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baicalin +‎ -ase

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baicalinase

  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction baicalin + H2O   baicalein + D-glucuronate.
    • 2015 August 29, “Deep Sequencing of the Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Transcriptome Reveals Flavonoid Biosynthetic Profiling and Organ-Specific Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      One baicalinase and three baicalein 7-O-glucuronosyltransferases genes potentially involved in the transformation between baicalin/wogonoside and baicalein/wogonin were identified.