THE OCCURRENCE OF PHENYLPYRUVIC - ACID IN WOODY-PLANTS - BIOSYNTHETICSIGNIFICANCE

Authors
MARAIS C STEENKAMP JA FERREIRA D
Citation
C. Marais et al., THE OCCURRENCE OF PHENYLPYRUVIC - ACID IN WOODY-PLANTS - BIOSYNTHETICSIGNIFICANCE, Tetrahedron letters, 37(32), 1996, pp. 5763-5764
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
37
Issue
32
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5763 - 5764
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1996)37:32<5763:TOOP-A>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The leaves and stems of Aspalathus linearis, a member of the Fabaceae, contains (Z)-3-phenyl-2-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxypropenoic acid, an en olic glucoside of phenylpyruvic acid which is of relevance to the shik imic acid pathway. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.