Biosynthesis of the Securinega alkaloids. Stereospecificity of hydrogen loss from C-3 of tyrosine
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 5,p. 144-145
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39750000144
Abstract
Specimens of (3RS)-[3-3H, 3-14C]-, (3R)-[3-3H, 3-14C]-, and (3S)-[3-3H, 3-14C]-DL-tyrosine have been administered to Securinega suffruticosa to demonstrate that the pro-S hydrogen at C-3 of tyrosine is lost during the biosynthesis of securinine from this amino-acid.Keywords
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