Also known as 6-Mhmd-isocoumarin, 2,4-Dihydro-8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-methyl-1H-2-benzopyran-1-one, 6-Methoxy-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-3,4-dihydroisocoumarin, 8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-methylisochroman-1-one, 3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3-methylisocoumarin, 3-methyl-6-methoxy-8-hydroxy-3,4-dihydroisocoumarin
6-Methoxymellein is a dihydroisocoumarin, a phenolic compound found in carrots and carrot purées. It is responsible for bitterness in carrots. It is a phytoalexin, induced in carrot slices by UV-C, that allows resistance to Botrytis cinerea and other microorganisms.
6-Methoxymellein is a dihydroisocoumarin, a phenolic compound found in carrots and carrot purées. It is responsible for bitterness in carrots. It is a phytoalexin, induced in carrot slices by UV-C, that allows resistance to Botrytis cinerea and other microorganisms.
== Biosynthesis == 6-Methoxymellein is formed from S-adenosyl methionine and 6-hydroxymellein by the enzyme 6-hydroxymellein O-methyltransferase with secondary production of S-adenosylhomocysteine.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).