THE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY FROM CAFFEIC ACID TO SCOPOLIN IN TOBACCO LEAVES
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 45 (12) , 1995-2003
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o67-233
Abstract
The incorporation of a number of compounds into scopoletin glucoside was measured with 14C. A biosynthetic pathway from phenylalanine involving caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and glucosidoferulic acid seems to best fit the observations. An alternate route involving esculetin and cichoriin as intermediates was shown not to function in tobacco leaves. Preparations of [3-14C]scopoletin, [3-14C]esculetin, and [2-14C]4′-glucosidocaffeic acid are described.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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