A revised scheme for the biosynthesis of gossypol
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 1573-1574
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39850001573
Abstract
Chemical degradation of gossypol samples biosynthesized in cotton seeding roots form three differently labelled mevalonate precursors has revealed that, in contrast to previous claims, formation of this compound occurs as with other sesquiterpenes of the cadalane type via ten-membered cations correlated by a 1,3-hydride shift.Keywords
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