Biosynthetic studies on the tropane alkaloid hyoscyamine in Datura stramonium; hyoscyamine is stable to in vivo oxidation and is not derived from littorine via a vicinal interchange process

Phytochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-329

  Patterson, Stephen ^a   O'Hagan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Datura stramonium; Hyoscyamine; Littorine; Secondary metabolism; Solanaceae; Transformed root culture; Tropane alkaloids; Tropic acid

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ATROLACTIC ACID; ATROPINE; ATROPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CELL EXTRACT; COBAMAMIDE; DEUTERIUM; HYOSCYAMINE; LITTORINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TROPANE ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DATURA STRAMONIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT;

ATROPINE; ATROPINE DERIVATIVES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CELL EXTRACTS; CELLS, CULTURED; COBAMIDES; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DEUTERIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT ROOTS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0036796134     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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