A classical paradigm of alkaloid biogenesis revisited: Acetonedicarboxylic acid as a biosynthetic precursor of lycopodine

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1799-1800

  Hemscheidt, Thomas ^a   Spenser, Ian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; LYCOPODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029923915     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja953735q     Document Type: Article

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