Biosynthesis of allylphenols in Ocymum basilicum L
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications
- No. 18,p. 1108-1109
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710001108
Abstract
Eugenol is synthesized in O. basilicum from L-phenylalanine via ferulic acid, whose side chain is converted into an allyl group with loss of the carboxy-group and incorporation of an ‘extra’ carbon atom (afforded, probably, by L-methionine).Keywords
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