The biosynthesis of retronecine
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 60 (5) , 643-662
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v82-095
Abstract
An experiment with putrescine, doubly labeled intramolecularly, with 15N and 13C at the adjacent C-atom, demonstrated that a C4-N-C4 compound with C2v symmetry serves as a precursor of retronecine, the most common base of the Senecio alkaloids. The C4-N-C4 compound is generated from 2 ornithine-derived precursor units. This was demonstrated by a degradation sequence whereby the distribution of label from [5-14C]-,[5-3H]- and [4-3H]ornithine within retronecine was studied.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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