The biosynthetic relationship between littorine and hyoscyamine in transformed roots of Datura stramonium

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Zabetakis, I ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Hamilton, J T G ^b   O'Hagan, D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Datura stramonium; Hyoscyamine; Tropane alkaloids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOCHROME P450; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYOSCYAMINE; LITTORINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DATURA STRAMONIUM;

EID: 0032448197     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990050583     Document Type: Article

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