TABLE 2.

Relative yields of products formed from the conversion of 4-alkylphenols by vanillyl-alcohol oxidase from P. simplicissimum

Substrate	Relative yield (%)a
	4-Hydroxy-phenyl alcohol	4-Hydroxy-phenyl alkanone	4-Hydroxy-phenyl alkenes
4-Ethylphenolb	76	<1	24
4-n-Propylphenolb	68	<1	32
2-Methoxy-4-n-propylphenolb	90	<1	10
4-Isopropylphenol	20	<1	80
4-sec-Butylphenol	26	0	74
4-n-Butylphenol	0	0	100
4-n-Pentylphenol	0	0	100
4-n-Heptylphenol	0	0	100
4-(3′-Methylcrotyl)phenol	40	0	60
5-Indanol	16	60	24
5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-2-naphthol	4	2	94

^aProducts were identified by HPLC, GC-MS, and ¹H-NMR analyses, and relative yields, calculated from HPLC and GC-MS analyses, were determined at saturating substrate concentrations. 

^bData from Drijfhout et al. (3).