Isolation and identification of berberine and berberrubine metabolites by berberine-utilizing bacterium Rhodococcus sp. strain BD7100Footnote

Abbreviations: BBR, berberine; BRU, berberrubine; D-BBR, demethyleneberberine; D-BRU, demethyleneberberrubine; DMBA, 2,3-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzeneacetic acid; H-BBR, 11-hydroxyberberine; HDBA, 2-hydroxy-3,4-dimethoxybenzeneacetic acid; HD-BBR, 11-hydroxydemethyleneberberine; H-PAL, 11-hydroxypalmatine; LB, Luria-Bertani; PAL, palmatine.

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