Allium chemistry: Microwave spectroscopic identification, mechanism of formation, synthesis, and reactions of (E,Z)-propanethial S-oxide, the lachrymatory factor of the onion (Allium cepa)

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 1996, Pages 7492-7501

  Block, Eric ^a   Gillies, Jennifer Z ^b   Gillies, Charles W ^c   Bazzi, Ali A ^d   Putman, David ^a   Revelle, Larry K ^d   Wang, Dongyi ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; PROPANETHIAL S OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SULFOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME INDUCTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PYROLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0029740394     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja960722j     Document Type: Article

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